Mesolithic

ISBN: 9781902771991
Published by : Council for British Archaeology
Star Carr is one of the most famous and important prehistoric sites in Europe. Dating from the early Mesolithic period, over 10,000 years ago, the site has produced a unique range of artefacts and settlement evidence. First excava... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781848020634
Published by : English Heritage
In Spring 2002, mammoth bones and associated Mousterian stone tools were found in situ at Lynford Quarry, near Munford village, Norfolk, UK.

Excavation was undertaken with support from the quarry owners and English Heritage. These fi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789491431135
Published by : Barkhuis
This volume comprises papers presented to Dick Stapert on the occasion of his retirement from the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (University of Groningen) in 2011 and celebrates his scientific career. The contributions cover n... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310152
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2417
With this book the contributors review funerary practices from the Mesolithic to the Chalcolithic in the Western Mediterranean, more specifically, in this first volume, on modern day Spain, Andorra, and Portugal. (A second volume will focus on the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780979773181
Published by : Eliot Werner Publications
Series: Foundations of Archaeology
In Nunamiut Ethnoarchaeology the late Lewis Binford documents the hunting and butchering strategies of modern Arctic big game hunters and the archaeological remains generated during the course of their yearly round of activities-... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407309699
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This book examines how human interactions with animals, in particular now extinct cave bears (Ursus spelaeu), affected the social lives of prehistoric hunter-gatherers (hominins - Neanderthals and AMH) living in Central Europe (Moravia and Sil... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902771847
Published by : Council for British Archaeology
At the start of the Mesolithic period, some 8000 years ago, sea levels in the North Sea and the English Channel were some 30 to 40m lower than those of today - Britain was a peninsula of northern Europe. Over the past few decades work by the Ha... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308432
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Papers from a Round Table event on small vertebrate research held by lInstitut Ecologie et Environment du CNRS in October 2009. Contents: 1) Des référentiels en taphonomie des petits vertébrés: bilan et perspectives (DENYS C.); 2) Les microvert... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308579
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study concerns lithic technical systems during the Middle Palaeolithic (Final Glaciation) in the north-east Aquitaine basin (France). The analytical approach is based on a paradigm which shows the complexity of production schemes by techni... .... Learn More