Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction: The Greatest Organization Ever Created

1 After the Ages of Ice (9600–8000 BC)

2 The Re-Settlement Gathers Pace (8000–4000 BC)

3 Early Farmers (4000–3000 BC)

4 The Emergence of Rural Britain (3000–2000 BC)

5 The Age of Stonehenge (2500–1500 BC)

6 The New Order (1500–1000 BC)

7 After the New Order: Celtic Britain (1000 BCAD 43)

Epilogue: The Persistence of Family Life as an Engine of Change

Plates

References

Notes

Acknowledgements

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