Mesolithic in Britain - Landscape and Society in Times of Change

The Mesolithic in Britain proposes a new division of the Mesolithic period into four parts, each with its distinct character.

List of contents

1. Hunting and gathering time: Chronological frameworks and key themes; 2. Pioneers in the North: Preboreal and early boreal settlement, 9500-8200BC; 3. The Early Mesolithic Colonisation of the South: Deepcar and the early Boreal Mesolithic, 9300 to 8200BC; 4. A New Way of Living: Pits, hazelnuts, places and the ancestors in the Middle Mesolithic, 8200-7000BC; 5. The Forgotten People: The Late Mesolithic, 7000-5000BC; 6. The Last Hunters: The Final Mesolithic, 5000-4000BC

About the author

Chantal Conneller is a Senior Lecturer in early prehistory at Newcastle University. She is author of An Archaeology of Materials (2012) and Star Carr: A Persistent Place in a Changing World (2018).

Summary

The Mesolithic in Britain proposes a new division of the Mesolithic period into four parts, each with its distinct character.

Additional text

'Conneller’s research provides a wonderful and comprehensive primer that brings the Mesolithic across Britain to life. Essential reading for anyone interested in the hunter-gather-fisher communities who settled in Britain after the last Ice Age, it deserves pride of place on any archaeological bookshelf.'
Caroline Wickham-Jones, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
'This is a remarkable and outstanding book. It will change the way we understand the British Mesolithic for generations to come.'
Professor Graeme Warren, University College Dublin, Dublin

Product details

• Authors: CONNELLER, Chantal Conneller, Chantal (Newcastle University Conneller, Chantal (University of Manchester Conneller, Conneller Chantal
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138790421
• ISBN: 978-1-138-79042-1
• No. of pages: 474
• Series: Routledge Archaeology of Northern Europe; Routledge Archaeology of Northern Europe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, Mesolithic;Britain;Landscape;Settlement;Chronology