Publisher Description

Get ready for a prehistoric adventure! Our first stop is ancient Skara Brae: hidden beneath a sand dune for thousands of years, this Neolithic village lets us step back in time to discover how our ancestors lived. Britain is brimming with these long-abandoned settlements, and exploring them can tell us about the culture, society, technology and beliefs of their inhabitants. It's time to get out your magnifying glass and examine the real evidence that archaeologists have discovered, from top secret tunnels to the remnants of extravagant feasts!



The ancient settlements discovered in present-day Britain are an incredible record of prehistoric life, giving us clues as to how our stone and bronze age ancestors would have lived. From stone huts to secret tunnels, we examine the evidence they have left behind. It's time to take a closer look at these ancient living places, examining how they were built, the materials used and the evidence of food, cooking, work and past-times.



Learn about Skara Brae, Windmill Hill, Durrington Wall, Flag Fen, Carn Euny and many more ancient settlements that can be found across Britain and give evidence of the lives of prehistoric people.



There are four titles in the Prehistoric Adventures series, looking at stone circles, ancient settlements, burial places and hill forts.

Author Biography

John Malam studied Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham, after which he worked as an archaeologist at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum in Shropshire. He is now an author specialising in information books for children and is a National Literacy Trust Reading Champion. He lives in Cheshire with his wife, a teacher, and has two grown-up children.

Table of Contents

1: Stone, Bronze, Iron 1: What is prehistory? 1: Britain's prehistoric places 1: Britain's first farmers 1: Skara Brae 1: Stone houses of Skara Brae 1: Life and death at Skara Brae 1: What did people eat at Skara Brae? 1: A prehistoric meeting place? 1: A Neolithic village 1: A midwinter 'festival village' 1: Flag Fen 1: Upstairs downstairs 1: Crannogs 1: Discovering the past 1: Facts and figures 1: Glossary

Promotional "Headline"

Let's discover the culture, technology and society of our prehistoric ancestors by exploring Britain's ancient places - examining real artefacts along the way!

Description for Sales People

Strong demand for Stone, Bronze and Iron Age material to support the new History curriculum. Basing the series in Britain supports local area study requirement. Also provides support for general requirement of: 'an understanding of these islands as a chronological narrative, from earliest times...'

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