Land's End, Finistere, Finisterra-until the end of the fifteenth century this was where the world ended in a turmoil of ocean beyond which there was nothing. Old hard rocks confront the ocean creating promontories and capes familiar to sailors throughout the millennia. The beautiful illustrations show how this picturesque part of Europe has many striking physical similarities. AD 1500, he uses this last half millennium more as a well-studied test case to help the reader better understand what went before. Covering the period from the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, c. In this highly illustrated book Barry Cunliffe focuses on the western rim of Europe-the Atlantic facade-an area stretching from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Isles of Shetland.We are shown how original and inventive the communities were, and how they maintained their own distinctive identities often over long spans of time. Jeremy Black, Literary Review Reseña del editor: Richard Ellis, The Times, Intellectually bold and exciting book, written with great verve and enviable self-confidence. History Today It is a brilliant, articulate exposition of one of the most fascinating new ideas in archaeology. Barry Cunliffe A scholarly tome of enormous scope.
Jon Henderson, Times Higher Education Supplement This is the book I have wanted to write for a lifetime.
As a synthesis of an under-studied zone in archaeology, this book has been much needed and should be wholeheartedly welcomed. Cunliffe has produced a measured and masterfully executed account of the long-term development of Atlantic communities and their maritime connections, bringing together for the first time a staggering amount of material. English Historical Review Facing the Ocean is a remarkable achievement. there is enormous richness here, perhaps to be tasted from time to time with pleasure and profit by both the general reader and the scholar, rather than consumed in one sitting. clear exposition is helped by a sequence of splendid illustrations. characteristically engaging style of writing.
Fortean Times A study of immense scope and considerable erudition. as close to the definitive overview of this subject as we're going to get. excellently presented, with numerous colour illustrations, maps, diagrams and figures as well as a well-measured text. Fortean Times Cunliffe is, quite simply, on top of his subject, and I can recommend this for anyone interested in our origins. If you read no other book on the subject this is the one to go for.
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