European Prehistory
European Prehistory from Britain and Ireland to central and eastern Europe and the Atlantic seaboard, from the Palaeolithic, through Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, Neolithic farming and settlement and Bronze and Iron Age societies.
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What are these Queer Stones?: Baetyls: Epistemology of a Minoan Fetish [Paperback]
Sam Crooks (Author)
£22.00ISBN: 9781407311296
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This monograph examines the aniconic cult stones, or baetyls, of the Aegean Bronze Age. Minoan baetyls are commonly understood by reference to the interpretive vocabularies of ancient Near Eastern traditions developed by comparati... .... Learn More -
Star Carr: Life in Britain after the Ice Age [Paperback]
Nicky Milner (Author); Barry Taylor (Author); Chantal Conneller (Author); Tim Schadla-Hall (Author)
£13.00ISBN: 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 -
Knossos Monastiriako Tomb and ‘Deposit’ [Hardback]
Laura Preston (Editor)
£56.00ISBN: 9780904887686
Published by : British School at Athens
Series: BSA Studies
Volume: 22
The archaeological sites on the Monastiriako Kephali hill analysed in this volume include the earliest known mortuary activity at the key Minoan centre of Knossos on the island of Crete. Two Bronze Age sites are presented, known a... .... Learn More -
Expressions esthétiques et comportements techniques au Paléolithique / Aesthetic Expressions and Technical Behaviours in the Palaeolithic Age [Paperback]
Marc Groenen (Editor)
£30.00ISBN: 9781407311128
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2496
This book is the result of two symposia from the 16th World Congress of the IUPPS (Florianópolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011): ‘The image in portable art and cave art in the European Palaeolithic Age’, and the ... .... Learn More -
Anneaux et cultures du Néolithique ancien: Production, circulation et utilisation entre massifs ardennais et armoricain [Paperback]
Nicolas Fromont (Author)
£85.00ISBN: 9781407311159
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2499
In this extensive research, the author’s petrographical, technological, typological and use-wear studies of arm rings/bands from the early Neolithic of northern France and Belgium provide many insights into the Paris Basin B... .... Learn More -
Metalurgia y Sociedad en el Nordeste de la Península Ibérica (finales del IV – II milenio cal ANE) [Paperback]
Ignacio Soriano (Author)
£46.00ISBN: 9781407311180
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2502
This research focuses on prehistoric metallurgy and the key role it played for the human communities of the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula (the present-day area of the Autonomous Region of Catalonia and the Principality of Andorr... .... Learn More -
Architecture, Regional Identity and Power in the Iron Age Landscapes of Mid Wales : The Hillforts of North Ceredigion [Paperback]
Toby Driver (Author)
£33.00ISBN: 9781407311234
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar BS
Volume: 583
This is a study of the Iron Age hillforts of north Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), mid Wales. Over one hundred diverse and unusual hillforts and defended enclosures are known in this topographically distinctive landscape, framed betwe... .... Learn More -
Design and Techniques in Early Medieval Celtic Metalwork [Hardback]
Niamh Whitfield (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597339
Published by : Pindar Press
Niamh Whitfield is a leading authority on the metalwork of early Medieval Ireland and Scotland. Celtic metalwork of the seventh to twelfth centuries is extremely accomplished technically, and she has aimed at a thorough understand... .... Learn More -
Transformation through Destruction: A monumental and extraordinary Early Iron Age Hallstatt C barrow from the ritual landscape of Oss-Zevenbergen [Paperback]
David Fontijn (Editor); Sasja van der Vaart (Editor); Richard Jansen (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9789088901027
Published by : Sidestone Press
Some 2800 years ago, a man died in what is now the municipality of Oss, the Netherlands. His death must have been a significant event in the life of local communities, for he received an extraordinary funeral, which ended with the... .... Learn More -
Beyond Barrows: Current research on the structuration and perception of the Prehistoric Landscape through Monuments [Paperback]
David R. Fontijn (Editor); Arjan J. Louwen (Editor); Sasja van der Vaart (Editor); Karsten Wentink (Editor)
£42.00ISBN: 9789088901089
Published by : Sidestone Press
Europe is dotted with tens of thousands of prehistoric barrows. In spite of their ubiquity, little is known on the role they had in pre- and protohistoric landscapes. In 2010, an international group of archaeologists came together... .... Learn More