European Prehistory
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Wild Things 2.0: Further Advances in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Research [Paperback]
David Clinnick (Editor); Helen Drinkall (Editor); Stephanie Piper (Editor); James Walker (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785709463
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Building on the first Wild Things volume (Oxbow Books 2014) which aimed to showcase the research putting archaeologists researching the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic at the cutting edge of understanding humanity’s past, this collection of contribut... .... Learn More -
The Earliest Europeans – a Year in the Life: Survival Strategies in the Lower Palaeolithic [Paperback]
Rob Hosfield (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785707612
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Series: Oxbow Insights in Archaeology
Volume: 5
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The Earliest Europeans explores the early origins of man in Europe through the perspective of ‘a year in the life’: how hominins in the Lower Palaeolithic coped with the year-round practical challenges of mid-latitude Europe with its distinctive t... .... Learn More -
Archaeology and Land-use of south-east England to 1066 [Hardback]
Michael J. Allen (Editor); David Rudling (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781782979623
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In this new authoritative textbook on the archaeology of South-East England intended for students, researchers, and those working in commercial archaeology, over 30 leading authors provide a comprehensive overview of the South-East as an informed ... .... Learn More -
High Pasture Cave: Ritual, Memory and Identity in the Iron Age of Skye [Hardback]
S.A. Birch (Author); J.T. Mackenzie (Author); G. Cruickshanks (Author)
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ISBN: 9781785709500
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High Pasture Cave, located on the island of Skye, Scotland, occupies a liminal location on the very edge of a settlement, and appears to have been a focus for specific and special activities. Its extended period of use is indicated by ephemeral si... .... Learn More -
Megalithic Tombs in Western Iberia [Hardback]
Chris Scare (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785709807
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Western Iberia has one of the richest inventories of Neolithic chambered tombs in Atlantic Europe, with particular concentrations in Galicia, northern Portugal and the Alentejo. Less well known is the major concentration of tombs along the Tagus v... .... Learn More -
Big Men or Chiefs?: Rondel Builders of Neolithic Europe [Paperback]
Jaroslav Řídký (Author); Petr Květina (Author); Petr Limburský (Author); Markéta Končelová (Author); Pavel Burgert (Author)
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ISBN: 9781789250268
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If there is a feature of the Central European Neolithic period that deserves increased attention of researchers and all those with interest in prehistory, it is circular architecture of the dimensions of many tens of metres, from which only negati... .... Learn More -
Figurine Makers of Prehistoric Cyprus: Settlement and Cemeteries at Souskiou [Hardback]
Edgar Peltenburg (Editor); Diane Bolger (Editor); Lindy Crewe (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789250190
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The Chalcolithic period in Cyprus has been known since Porphyrios Dikaios’ excavations at Erimi in the 1930s and through the appearance in the antiquities market of illicitly acquired anthropomorphic cruciform figures, often manufactured from picr... .... Learn More -
Exploring Celtic Origins [Hardback]
Barry Cunliffe (Editor); John Koch (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789250886
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Exploring Celtic Origins is the fruit of collaborative work by researchers in archaeology, historical linguistics, and archaeogenetics over the past ten years. This team works towards the goal of a better understanding of the background i... .... Learn More -
First Textiles: The Beginnings of Textile Production in Europe and the Mediterranean [Hardback]
Małgorzata Siennicka (Editor); Lorenz Rahmstorf (Editor); Agata Ulanowska (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781785707988
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Series: Ancient Textiles Series
Volume: 32
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Textile production and the manufacture of clothing was one of the most essential daily activities in prehistory. Textiles were significant objects of practical use, and at the same time had cultural, social and symbolic meaning, crucial for displa... .... Learn More -
Social Dimensions of Food in the Prehistoric Balkans [Hardback]
Maria Ivanova (Editor); Bogdan Athanassov (Editor); Vanya Petrova (Editor); Desislava Takorovo (Editor); Philipp Stockhammer (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789250800
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Ever since the definition of the Neolithic Revolution by Vere Gordon Childe, archaeologists have been aware of the crucial importance of food for the understanding of prehistoric developments. Numerous studies have classified and described cooking... .... Learn More
