Very full description of the ancient hill-figures extant or lost - Uffington, Westbury, Tysoe, Cerne Abbas, Wendlebury, Wilmington, Whiteleaf and Bledlow.  Includes a bibliography. Illustrated.  Hardback.  216 pages.

By integrating archaeological and documentary research, the contributors seek to explain why some sides gained and others lost in battle and examine the impact of warfare on the social and political developments of early chiefdoms and states.

A rich collection of twenty-three original essays presented as a tribute to George Henderson, Professor of Art at Cambridge University until 1996, and one of the 20th centuries greatest medieval art historians.