Stone J.F.S. Wessex before the Celts

London: Thames and Hudson, 1958. — 207 p. — (Ancient Peoples and Places, Vol. 9).This book on pre-Celtic Wessex does not attempt to deal in detail with the archaeology of the region which has been covered very adequately by L. V. Grinsell in his recent Archeology of Wessex. Its aim instead is to present in small compass a summary of its earlier prehistory, of man’s gradual control of his environment in this most vital region of Britain that in later centuries was to witness the birth of English history. But even though a coherent picture of continuity of life and endeavour is slowly emerging as a result of relatively recent excavations and study, it cannot be denied that the task of writing the book has proved a formidable one. The very richness of the region in prehistoric remains has of necessity imposed limitations and has called for rigorous selection from vast quantities of material accumulated by numerous students whose work it has been impossible to acknowledge individually in the text though it has been included as far as practicable in the reasonably full bibliography appended.Savage Wessex.
First Farmers.
Family Tombs.
Flint and Stone.
Consolidation.
Invasion.
Temples.
The Final Stonehenge.
Heroes and Traders.
Aftermath.
New Farmers.
Epilogue: Celtic Wessex.