Prehistoric Britain

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2546-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 661 g

Informed by the latest research and in-depth analysis, Prehistoric Britain provides students and scholars alike with a fascinating overview of the development of human societies in Britain from the Upper Paleolithic to the end of the Iron Age.
- Offers readers an incisive synthesis and much-needed overview of current research themes
- Includes essays from leading scholars and professionals who address the very latest trends in current research
- Explores the interpretive debates surrounding major transitions in British prehistory

Zielgruppe

Advanced students and scholars of archaeology and British pre-history, as well as professional archaeologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pollard, Joshua

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures vii

List of Tables x

Notes on Contributors xi

Acknowledgements xv

1 The Construction of Prehistoric Britain 1
Joshua Pollard

2 The British Upper Palaeolithic 18
Paul Pettitt

3 The Mesolithic–Neolithic Transition in Britain 58
Julian Thomas

4 Foodways and Social Ecologies from the Early Mesolithic to the Early Bronze Age 90
Rick Schulting

5 Temporary Spaces in the Mesolithic and Neolithic: Understanding Landscapes 121
Lesley McFadyen

6 The Architecture of Monuments 135
Vicki Cummings

7 Lithic Technology and the Chaîne Opératoire 160
Chantal Conneller

8 How the Dead Live: Mortuary Practices, Memory and the Ancestors in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland 177
Andrew Jones

9 The Development of an Agricultural Countryside 202
David Field

10 Foodways and Social Ecologies from the Middle Bronze Age to Late Iron Age 225
Jacqui Mulville

11 The Architecture of Routine Life 248
Joanna Brück

12 Later Prehistoric Landscapes and Inhabitation 268
Robert Johnston

13 Ceramic Technologies and Social Relations 288
Ann Woodward

14 Exchange, Object Biographies and the Shaping of Identities, 10,000–1000 B.C. 310
Stuart Needham

15 Identity, Community and the Person in Later Prehistory 330
Melanie Giles

Index 351

Über Autor(innen)

Joshua Pollard is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Bristol. Since 1999, he has been actively engaged in fieldwork on the late Neolithic monument complexes at Avebury and Stonehenge in southern England. Dr Pollard is the UK editor of the Journal of Social Archaeology and has published several books, including Avebury (with Mark Gillings, 2004), and Monuments and Material Culture (editor, with Rosamund Cleal, 2004).