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Beneath our Feet
Everyday Discoveries Reshaping History
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Recounts the incredible stories of more than 50 archaeological treasures recently found by ordinary people, reshaping our understanding of British history. Britain's history runs deep, and much of its treasured past lies hidden underfoot. Every day, new discoveries are unearthed not by expert archaeologists but by...
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"Recounts the incredible stories of more than fifty archaeological treasures recently found by ordinary people, and which are reshaping our understanding of British history"--
Recounts the incredible stories of more than 50 archaeological treasures recently found by ordinary people, and which are reshaping our understanding of British history
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Recounts the incredible stories of more than 50 archaeological treasures recently found by ordinary people, reshaping our understanding of British history.
Britain's history runs deep, and much of its treasured past lies hidden underfoot. Every day, new discoveries are unearthed not by expert archaeologists but by amateur enthusiasts. Armed with spades and maps, these detectorists, mudlarks, and fieldwalkers scour the earth's surface.
What they find may appear unremarkable at first glance: fragments of pottery, metal coins, jewellery. But from these pieces emerge stories of how our ancestors lived, traded, ate, played, fought, and died.
Beneath Our Feet is a celebration of this growing public involvement in archaeology and the groundbreaking work of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, managed by the British Museum in England and Amgueddfa Cymru in Wales.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780500027523
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 15 May 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Illustration: more than 300 illustrations; 5 Illustrations, black and white; 300 Illustrations, color
Contributors:
- Foreword by Alice Roberts
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 180.0mm
Height: 260.0mm
Weight: 980g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Michael Lewis is Head of Portable Antiquities & Treasure at the British Museum - managing both the Portable Antiquities Scheme and overseeing the administration of the Treasure Act - and Visiting Professor in Archaeology at the University of Reading. His is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Art Scholars. He has a particular interest in small finds of the medieval period. He was previously a Special Constable with the Metropolitan Police's Art & Antiques Unit, and is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Archaeology (Advisory) Group and the ACPO's Heritage Crime and Cultural Property Working Group. He is the author of The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry with Dave Musgrove. Ian Richardson is the Senior Treasure Registrar at the PAS/BM. Mackenzie Crook is the writer, director and star of the BAFTA-winning television series Detectorists.
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