Since its first publication in 1971, Barry Cunliffe's monumental survey has established itself
as a classic of British archaeology. This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of
the earlier editions, whilst taking into account the significant developments that have
moulded the discipline in recent years. Barry Cunliffe here incorporates new theoretical
approaches, technological advances and a range of new sites and finds, ensuring that Iron
Age Communities in Britain remains the definitive guide to the subject.

himself has seen fit to rely virtually entirely on pottery" styles" as the criteria for his regional
groupings. Reference to Appendix A, where 36 figures illustrate the proposed raw material
for such" style-zones," no less than the text itself, leaves one at a loss to establish the
uniformly shared traits which have been used in arriving at these style-zones. Certainly in
the absence of any quantifying of form, size, decoration, or detailed distribution it becomes
very difficult for the reader to judge the criteria which, for example, separate the later Kentish …