Recreating the Past

Since 1994, when the first Time Team programme was broadcast, archaeology has been brought to life for millions of people. This book combines the talents of two of the programme's key players in an exciting series of reconstructions. Victor Ambrus has produced hundreds of sketches and drawings of archaeological sites and the lives of those who would have inhabited them. For the first time his drawings of individual excavations have been brought together to provide a dramatic chronological survey of British History. Add to this Mick Aston's lively explanations and photographs and you have an archaeological collaboration which is guaranteed to delight. Mick Aston has contributed a passion and enthusiasm for archaeology which is infectious, so let Victor and Mick take you on a visual journey through history...

Victor Ambrusis an illustrator who has delighted many television viewers with his drawings for the "Time Team" excavations. He has also written Drawing "on Archaeology: Bringing History Back to Life." Mick Aston ischief archeologist on "Time Team "and the author of "Mick s Archaeology.""