On the Ocean The Mediterranean and the Atlantic from prehistory to AD 1500

Barry Cunliffe, Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford

Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He was a Commissioner of English Heritage from 2005 to 2013. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997), Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), The Scythians (2019), Bretons and Britons (2021), and Facing the Sea of Sand (2023), all also published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.

1. Those in Peril on the Sea2. The Combat that is called Navigation3. Taking to the Sea4. Two Seas, Many Responses, 5300-1200 BC5. The Eastern Mediterranean Cauldron, 5300-1200 BC6. Exploring the Ends of the World, 1200-600 BC7. Of Ships and Sails: a Technical Interlude8. Exploring the Outer Ocean, 600-100 BC9. The Atlantic Community, 100 B.C.-A.D. 50010. An End and a Beginning, A.D. 350-80011. The Age of the Northmen, A.D. 780-110012. The New European Order, A.D. 1100-140013. The Ocean Conquered, 1400-151014. Reflections on the OceanGlossary of Nautical TermsA Guide to Further ReadingIllustration SourcesIndex