BIRTH NEOLITHIC BRITAIN C

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-19-968196-9
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 528 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 942 g

The beginning of the Neolithic in Britain is a topic of perennial interest in archaeology, marking the end of a hunter-gatherer way of life with the introduction of domesticated plants and animals, pottery, polished stone tools, and a range of new kinds of monuments, including earthen long barrows and megalithic tombs. Every year, numerous new articles are published on different aspects of the topic, ranging from diet and subsistence economy to population movement,
architecture, and seafaring. Thomas offers a treatment that synthesizes all of this material, presenting a coherent argument to explain the process of transition between the Mesolithic-Neolithic periods.

Necessarily, the developments in Britain are put into the context of broader debates about the origins of agriculture in Europe, and the diversity of processes of change in different parts of the continent are explored. These are followed by a historiographic treatment of debates on the transition in Britain. Chapters cover the Mesolithic background, processes of contact and interaction, monumental architecture and timber halls, portable artefacts, and plants and animals. The concluding
argument is that developments in the economy and material culture must be understood as being related to fundamental social transformations.

Zielgruppe

For students and scholars interested in Archaeology, especially prehistoric archaeology, anthropology, and material culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas

Thomas, Julian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Materielle Kultur, Wirtschaftsethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
1: Introduction: The Problem
2: The Neolithization of Southern Europe
3: The Neolithization of Northern Europe
4: The Neolithization of Europe: Themes
5: The Neolithic Transition in Britain: A Critical Historiography
6: Mesolithic Prelude?
7: Times and Places
8: Contact, Interaction and Seafaring
9: Architecture: Halls and Houses
10: Architecture: Timber Structures, Long Mounds and Megaliths
11: Portable Artefacts: Tradition and Transmission
12: Plants and Animals Diet and Social Capital
13: Conclusion: A Model for the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in Britain
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Julian Thomas is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Manchester.