European Prehistory
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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
Published by : Oxbow Books
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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 -
In the Darkest of Days: Re-investigating Human Sacrifice and Value in Southern Scandinavian Prehistory [Paperback]
Matthew J. Walsh (Editor); Sean O'Neill (Editor); Lasse Sørensen (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258592
Published by : Oxbow Books
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This book collects recent works on the subjects of sacrificial offerings, ritualised violence and the relative values thereof in the contexts of Scandinavian prehistory from the Neolithic to the Viking era. It provides a detailed re-appraisal of k... .... Learn More -
The Snettisham Hoards [Paperback]
Jody Joy (Editor); Julia Farley (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592258
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 225
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For over 60 years, spectacular discoveries have been made on a wooded hillside at Snettisham, overlooking the northwest Norfolk coast, close to Hunstanton. The location of the discoveries, at Ken Hill, is known as the ‘gold field’ because of the l... .... Learn More -
Repeopling La Manche: New Perspectives on Neanderthal Archaeology and Landscapes from La Cotte de St Brelade [Hardback]
Beccy Scott (Editor); Andrew Shaw (Editor); Kate Scott (Editor); Matt Pope (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789251524
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Prehistoric Society Research Papers
Volume: 10
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The current geography of north-west Europe, from the perspective of long term Pleistocene climate change, is temporary. The seaways that separate southern Britain from northern France comprise a flooded landscape open to occupation by hunter-gathe... .... Learn More -
The Drowning of a Cornish Prehistoric Landscape (PSRP): Tradition, Deposition and Social Responses to Sea Level Rise [Hardback]
Andy M. Jones (Editor); Michael J. Allen (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789259230
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Prehistoric Society Research Papers
Volume: 14
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Between 2018 and 2019, Cornwall Archaeological Unit undertook two projects at Mount’s Bay, Penwith. The first involved the excavation of a Bronze Age barrow and the second, environmental augur core sampling in Marazion Marsh. Both sites lie within... .... Learn More -
The Submerged Site of La Marmotta (Rome, Italy): Decrypting a Neolithic Society [Paperback]
Mario Mineo (Editor); Juan Gibaja (Editor); Niccolò Mazzucco (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781789258714
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The shift from a hunting and gathering economy to a productive economy, based on the domestication of plants and animals, is one of the most important changes in human history. This change, which manifested itself in different forms and at differe... .... Learn More -
Picturing the Bronze Age [Paperback]
Johan Ling (Editor); Peter Skoglund (Editor); Ulf Bertilsson (Editor)
£38.00ISBN: 9781789259858
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Swedish Rock Art Research Series
Volume: 3
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Pictures from the Bronze Age are numerous, vivid and complex. There is no other prehistoric period that has produced such a wide range of images spanning from rock art to figurines to decoration on bronzes and gold. Fourteen papers, with a geograp... .... Learn More -
Complexity and dynamics: Settlement and landscape from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance in the Nordic Countries (1700 BC–AD 1600) [Paperback]
Marie Ødegaard (Editor); Ingrid Ystgaard (Editor)
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ISBN: 9789464270426
Published by : Sidestone Press
How did people organize their settlements in later prehistoric societies? How do architecture, spatial organization, land divisions, and landscape use relate to different modes of social organization? The papers in this book contribute to a greate... .... Learn More -
Complexity and dynamics: Settlement and landscape from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance in the Nordic Countries (1700 BC–AD 1600) [Hardback]
Marie Ødegaard (Editor); Ingrid Ystgaard (Editor)
Regular Price: £120.00
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ISBN: 9789464270433
Published by : Sidestone Press
How did people organize their settlements in later prehistoric societies? How do architecture, spatial organization, land divisions, and landscape use relate to different modes of social organization? The papers in this book contribute to a greate... .... Learn More -
Temple People: Bioarchaeology, Resilience and Culture in Prehistoric Malta [Hardback]
Simon Stoddart (Editor); Ronika Power (Editor); Jess.E. Thompson (Editor); Bernadette Mercieca-Spiteri (Editor); Rowan McLaughlin (Editor)
£65.00ISBN: 9781913344078
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: Fragility and Sustainability - Studies on Early Malta, the ERC-funded FRAGSUS Project
Volume: Volume 3
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The ERC-funded FRAGSUS Project (Fragility and sustainability in small island environments: adaptation, culture change and collapse in prehistory, 2013–18) led by Caroline Malone has focused on the unique Temple Culture of Neolithic Malta and its a... .... Learn More
