# Need books on Iron Age Britain

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**Created:** [May 13, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-books-on-iron-age-britain/786512 "2017-05-13T05:04:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-books-on-iron-age-britain/786512/1 "2017-05-13T05:04:58Z")

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Hey all–

I’m looking for books about daily life in Iron Age Britain. Can be specific to any of the countries/islands. I have Quennell’s _Everyday Life in Prehistoric Times_. I also have Tacitus’ _Germani_ and P.V. Glob’s _The Bog People_, but that’s northern Europe, and to extrapolate would probably be wrong, right?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-books-on-iron-age-britain/786512/2 "2017-05-13T07:54:29Z")

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Here you go: Iron Age Britain by Barry Cunliffe, head of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Oxford.

> **[Iron Age Britain eBook : Cunliffe, Barry: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Age-Britain-Barry-Cunliffe-ebook/dp/B00QEGIVZK)**
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> Iron Age Britain eBook : Cunliffe, Barry: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-books-on-iron-age-britain/786512/3 "2017-05-13T10:25:42Z")

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[The Safeguard of the Sea](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002XHNMMG/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1) begins at (by some descriptions) the tail end of the Iron Age in Britain, 660 AD, and might be of interest.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-books-on-iron-age-britain/786512/4 "2017-05-13T20:48:07Z")

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[Asterix in Britain](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix_in_Britain). It covers the advent of tea.

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**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-books-on-iron-age-britain/786512/5 "2017-05-13T21:30:58Z")

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How about [The Year 1000](https://www.amazon.com/Year-1000-First-Millennium-Englishmans/dp/0316511579/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1494710981&sr=8-2&keywords=the+year+1000+what+life+was+like+at+the+turn+of+the+first+millennium)? or is that too late?

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**Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-books-on-iron-age-britain/786512/6 "2017-05-14T05:01:16Z")

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Thanks for the responses, even the…erm…tongue-in-cheek ones. I’d seen Barry Cunliffe’s book; good to see it recommended.