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No written language of the pre-Roman inhabitants of Britain is known; therefore, the history, culture and way of life of pre-Roman Britain are known mainly through archaeological finds. Archaeological evidence demonstrates that ancient Britons were involved in extensive maritime trade and cultural links with the rest of Europe from the ...
Commius, chieftain of the Atrebates, captured by the British after serving as an envoy to Rome. [19] 26 August – Julius Caesar lands between Deal and Walmer, wins skirmishes against the British, and frees Commius. [19] 31 August – Britons in war-chariots defeat the Romans. Romans return to Gaul. [19] 54 BC
The Battersea Shield, c. 350–50 BC. The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, which had an independent Iron Age culture of its own.
The Wessex culture is the predominant prehistoric culture of central and southern Britain during the early Bronze Age, originally defined by the British archaeologist Stuart Piggott in 1938. [ 1 ] The culture is related to the Hilversum culture of the southern Netherlands, Belgium and northern France, and linked to the Armorican Tumulus culture ...
Iron replaced bronze as the metal used in tool and weapon manufacture, and large numbers of fortified sites like rounds, hillforts, and cliff castles, which perhaps served as local power centres, were built by Cornwall's growing population. The arrival of the Romans in 43 CE traditionally marks the conclusion of the prehistoric period in Cornwall.
Prehistoric settlement of the British Isles refers to the earliest establishment and expansion of human settlements in locations in the British Isles. These include: Neolithic British Isles; Prehistoric Britain. Bronze Age Britain; British Iron Age; Prehistoric Ireland; Prehistoric Scotland. Prehistoric Orkney; Prehistoric Wales
There are many prehistoric sites and structures of interest remaining from prehistoric Britain, spanning the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Among the most important are the Wiltshire sites around Stonehenge and Avebury, which are designated as a World Heritage Site. [1]