Hidden Treasure: Digging Up Britain's Past

by Neil Faulkner, Miranda Krestovnikoff (Foreword)

In Hidden Treasures, the reader is engaged in the process of discovery as we follow real archaeological finds that provide a picture of our mysterious past. Through beautiful archaeological artifacts, such as iron swords, enamelled brooches, and coin hoards, we piece together what the ancient site represented, and this leads to clues about the life of the people who lived there.

Genres: Archaeology

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Neil Faulkner FSA was a British archaeologist, historian, writer, lecturer, broadcaster, and political activist. Educated at King’s College, Cambridge and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, Faulkner was a school teacher before becoming an archaeologist.

He was currently a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, Editor of Military History Monthly, and Co-director of the Great Arab Revolt Project (in Jordan) and the Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project (in Norfolk, England). On 22 May 2008, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London