Prehistoric Europe

Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to the range of critical contemporary thinking in the study of European prehistory. Presents essays by some of the most dynamic researchers and leading European scholars in the field today Ranges from the Neolithic period to the early stages of the Iron Age, and from Ireland and Scandinavia to the Urals and the Iberian Peninsula

ISBN 1405125969   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781405125963 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 698 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Chicester Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Series ISSN 12 Format Paperback   Series title Wiley-Blackwell Studies in Global Archaeology Publication date 17 Oct 2008   Height (mm) 243 Library of Congress 2007050955   Width (mm) 171 DEWEY 936   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Pages 394

		List of Figures and Tables
		Introduction by Andrew Jones		1
1		Frameworks for the Analysis of European Prehistory		14
		Introduction		14
(a)		Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers? by Mark Pluciennik		16
(b)		The Celts as 'Grand Narrative' by John Collis		35
2		Landscape and Place		54
		Introduction		54
(a)		From Monuments in Landscape to Landscapes in Monuments: Monuments, Death and Landscape in Early Bronze Age Scandinavia by Joakim Goldhahn		56
(b)		Everything in its Right Place? On Selective Deposition, Landscape and the Construction of Identity in Later Prehistory by David Fontijn		86
3		The Living House - Architecture, the Everyday and the Human Lifecycle		107
		Introduction		107
(a)		First Households and 'House Societies' in European Prehistory by Dusan Boric		109
(b)		Domestic Times: Houses and Temporalities in Late Prehistoric Europe by Fokke Gerritsen		143
4		Materiality, Technology and Transformation - The Emergence of Novel Technologies		162
		Introduction		162
(a)		The Emergence of Pottery by Dragos Gheorghiu		164
(b)		The Emergence of Metalworking by Barbara S. Ottaway and Ben Roberts		193
5		Death, Remembrance and the Past		226
		Introduction		226
(a)		Engaging Memories of European Prehistory by Katina T. Lillios		228
(b)		The Past in Later Prehistory by Bryan Hanks		255
6		Identity, Community, the Body and the Person		285
		Introduction		285
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"Extensive and current bibliographies and illustrations accompany the highly stimulating discussions. [This is] Clearly a volume for colleges and universities with programs in archaeology and anthropology." (CHOICE, December 2009) "This edited volume provides a welcome break from the traditional chronological approach to European prehistory. Important disciplinary themes are addressed here in innovative ways by a group of scholars with active field projects as well as impressive publication records." Bettina Arnold, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "An impressive compilation of papers which successfully combines novel and theoretical approaches with detailed regional studies. Jones has assembled a galaxy of leading scholars to produce an authoritative overview of key themes and subjects within European prehistory, from the Iron Gates Mesolithic to Iron Age Scandinavia." Chris Scarre, University of Durham "Massive amounts of new information exist from all periods of prehistoric Europe and older frameworks of interpretation are increasingly inadequate to the task of making sense of these. Prehistoric Europe brings together a wide range of approaches which show exciting possibilities for novel ways of understanding the past. It is a book to be debated and argued with - I am sure new insights will result." Chris Gosden, University of Oxford

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