A review by rogerb
Time's Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination by Richard Morris

4.0

I can't recall why I bought this, and procrastinated it for a long time - needlessly as I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's a long book and while it does have some pictures, there's no conversation.

He does a lovely job (for me) of talking about the role and place of archaeology, and about England. the thesis is that "Ages" and other compartmentalisations of history are almost certainly wrong, and that patterns are very long and longitudinal.

I think I leaned a lot, but it's not facts, rather attitudes and ideas. Very good.