Mike Pitts Books in Order

Mike Pitts has written 10 books, published between 1980 and 2025. The first book is Later Stone Implements (1980) and the newest is Island at the Edge of the World (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1980–2025
Pages on record
80 in 2 of 10 books

Mike Pitts is an English archaeologist and freelance journalist who specialises in British prehistory, and edits British Archaeology for the Council for British Archaeology. The catalogue holds 10 books from Later Stone Implements (1980) to Island at the Edge of the World (2025), including Footprints through Avebury (1985), Fairweather Eden (1997), Hengeworld (2000), Avebury and Stonehenge (2001), A Year at Stonehenge (2013), Digging for Richard III (2014), Digging Up Britain (2019) and How to Build Stonehenge (2022). Catalogue subjects record prehistoric tools, flintknapping, the Mesolithic, Neolithic and Palaeolithic periods, excavations and human evolution.

How many Mike Pitts books are there?

Mike Pitts has 10 books, released between 1980 and 2025.

Mike Pitts Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Mike Pitts books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Later Stone Implements1980 · 56 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198056
  2. 2
    Footprints through Avebury1985 · confirmed 1/4
    1985
  3. 3
    Fairweather Eden1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997
  4. 4
    Hengeworld2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000
  5. 5
    Avebury and Stonehenge2001 · 24 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200124
  6. 6
    A Year at Stonehenge2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  7. 7
    Digging for Richard III2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  8. 8
    Digging Up Britain2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019
  9. 9
    How to Build Stonehenge2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  10. 10
    Island at the Edge of the World2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025

Mike Pitts books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

10 books

10 Mike Pitts titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Mike Pitts books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 10 Mike Pitts books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Mike Pitts

Start with Later Stone Implements (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mike Pitts book?

Island at the Edge of the World (2025) is the newest Mike Pitts book released so far.

Is there a new Mike Pitts book coming?

No next Mike Pitts book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Mike Pitts at a glance

Still publishing
Mike Pitts published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Mike Pitts books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
80 pages across the 2 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 40 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mike Pitts books, 3 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mike Pitts books are about

2 of the 10 Mike Pitts books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: antiquities is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Antiquities 2 of 2 books
  • Excavations (Archaeology) 1 of 2 books
  • Flintknapping 1 of 2 books
  • Great britain, antiquities 1 of 2 books
  • Human evolution 1 of 2 books
  • Mesolithic period 1 of 2 books
  • Neolithic period 1 of 2 books
  • Paleolithic period 1 of 2 books
  • Paleolithic period -- England 1 of 2 books
  • Prehistoric Tools 1 of 2 books
  • Tools, Prehistoric 1 of 2 books