Mesolithic

ISBN: 9780415881302
Published by : Routledge Ltd
An Archaeology of Materials sets out a new approach to the study of raw materials. Conneller argues that materials cannot be understood independently of the practices through which they are constituted. Drawing on a number of different thinkers... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781902771847
Published by : Council for British Archaeology
Over the past few decades work by the Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology has slowly been unearthing a buried archaeological landscape in the Western Solent. Each year, as a result of erosion and rescue excavation, the site at Bo... .... Learn More

This work aims to provide an up to date synthesis of the late Mesolithic across the entire Italian penninsula and an analysis of the Neolithic transition. It gathers all available infomation, published and unpublished, on Late Mesolithic finds,... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308432
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Small vertebrate fossils are found in considerable numbers in quaternary deposits, and are of importance for the reconstruction of palaeoenvironments, and of human subsistence. They also display considerable biodiversity with a great number of ... .... 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 through t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308609
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This book showcases the latest research on the Quaternary of eastern Galicia. It provides synthesises of palaeontological, zooarchaeological and geomorphic data to build up a picture of environmental conditions and climatic fluctuations. The se... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780752459356
Published by : The History Press
The discovery of Otzi the Ice-Man in 1991 was a global sensation, his 5200 year old body exceptionally well-preserved through freezing within glacier ice. This detailed study presents a new analysis of what this remarkable survival can tell us ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781931745635
Published by : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Series: COTSEN: IDEAS, DEBATES AND PERSPECTIVES
Volume: 5
Information and its Role in Hunter-Gatherer Bands explores the question of how information, broadly conceived, is acquired, stored, circulated and utilised in small-scale hunter-gatherer societies, or bands. Given the nature of this question, t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780415354899
Published by : Routledge Ltd
This overview and analysis takes a novel approach to the long-term development of human mortuary activity - the various ways we deal with the dead and with dead bodies. The core chapters of the book survey the mortuary activities of early homi... .... Learn More