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Prehistoric Europe Andrew Jones (University of Southampton)

Prehistoric Europe By Andrew Jones (University of Southampton)

Prehistoric Europe by Andrew Jones (University of Southampton)


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Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive overview of the wide-ranging contemporary debates in the study of European prehistory. Written to reflect the immense changes in the field, the volume presents essays by some of the most dynamic researchers and leading European scholars in the field today.

Prehistoric Europe Summary

Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice by Andrew Jones (University of Southampton)

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

Prehistoric Europe Reviews

"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

About Andrew Jones (University of Southampton)

Andrew Jones is currently a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Southampton. He is the author of several books including Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice (2001).

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables vii

Notes on Contributors xi

Preface xv

Introduction 1

Andrew Jones

1 Frameworks for the Analysis of European Prehistory 14

Introduction 14

(a) Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers? 16

Mark Pluciennik

(b) The Celts as Grand Narrative 35

John Collis

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 56

Joakim Goldhahn

(b) Everything in its Right Place? On Selective Deposition, Landscape and the Construction of Identity in Later Prehistory 86

David Fontijn

3 The Living House Architecture, the Everyday and the Human Lifecycle 107

Introduction 107

(a) First Households and House Societies in European Prehistory 109

Dusan Boric

(b) Domestic Times: Houses and Temporalities in Late Prehistoric Europe 143

Fokke Gerritsen

4 Materiality, Technology and Transformation The Emergence of Novel Technologies 162

Introduction 162

(a) The Emergence of Pottery 164

Dragos Gheorghiu

(b) The Emergence of Metalworking 193

Barbara S. Ottaway and Ben Roberts

5 Death, Remembrance and the Past 226

Introduction 226

(a) Engaging Memories of European Prehistory 228

Katina T. Lillios

(b) The Past in Later Prehistory 255

Bryan Hanks

6 Identity, Community, the Body and the Person 285

Introduction 285

(a) Neolithic Bodies 287

Daniela Hofmann and Alasdair Whittle

(b) Bodies and Identities in the Scandinavian Late Iron Age 312

Ing-Marie Back Danielsson

7 Interaction, Trade and Exchange 330

Introduction 330

(a) Approaches to Trade and Exchange in Earlier Prehistory (Late MesolithicEarly Bronze Age) 333

John Chapman

(b) Trade and Exchange in Later Prehistory 356

Peter Wells

Index 373

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GOR007175741
9781405125963
1405125969
Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice by Andrew Jones (University of Southampton)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2008-10-17
400
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