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Publication Date: March 2008

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Summary:

Modern archaeology is showing Norfolk to be a distinct region of national and international significance. This book, published in association with Norfolk Museum and Archaeology Service, traces the story of this area from the Ice Age and the first appearance of people to the end of Roman Britain. In particular, it focuses on the many remarkable and exciting discoveries made across the modern county of Norfolk, often by amateur enthusiasts. These finds come principally in the form of individual artefacts, but are also made through the more conventional processes of aerial photography and fieldwork, and have transformed our understanding of the county’s past in recent years; these discoveries are lavishly illustrated here, with many of the images being published for the first time. Norfolk’s distinctive landscape provides a dramatic backdrop against which the achievements of the inhabitants are vividly depicted, and the ancestors of Boudica are shown to have responded successfully to a series of changes and challenges from very earliest prehistoric times through to the early historical period under the Romans.

Summary:

Dr John Davis has worked as an archaeologist in Norfolk since 1984. He has been Keeper of Archaeology at Norwich Castle Museum since 1997 and is now also Chief Curator for Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service. During this time he has been involved with the promotion of positive liaison between professional and amateur archaeologists, in particular metal-detector users. He is a specialist in the coinage of Roman Britain and has published widely on the subject of coinage from British archaeological sites. His most recent interests include aspects of Iron Age East Anglia and Roman Norfolk.