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Informationen zum Autor Joshua Pollard is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Bristol. Since 1999, he has been actively engaged in fieldwork on the late Neolithic monument complexes at Avebury and Stonehenge in southern England. Dr Pollard is the UK editor of the Journal of Social Archaeology and has published several books, including Avebury (with Mark Gillings, 2004), and Monuments and Material Culture (editor, with Rosamund Cleal, 2004). Klappentext The momentum provided by ongoing fieldwork and innovative archaeological interpretation is pushing British prehistory to the forefront of contemporary archaeological research. Prehistoric Britain taps into and incorporates the very latest archaeological findings to provide a fascinating overview of the development of human societies in Britain from the Upper Paleolithic to the end of the Iron Age.Breaking free of the constraints of traditional, period-based narratives, Prehistoric Britain offers readers an incisive synthesis and much-needed overview of current research themes. The book presents a series of essays from leading scholars and professionals who address the very latest trends in current research. Drawing upon original, innovative fieldwork and in-depth analysis, Prehistoric Britain provides a thorough examination of the issues central to the study of British prehistory. Zusammenfassung Informed by the latest research and in-depth analysis, Prehistoric Britain provides students and scholars alike with a fascinating overview of the development of human societies in Britain from the Upper Paleolithic to the end of the Iron Age. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures vii List of Tables x Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgements xv 1 The Construction of Prehistoric Britain 1 Joshua Pollard 2 The British Upper Palaeolithic 18 Paul Pettitt 3 The Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in Britain 58 Julian Thomas 4 Foodways and Social Ecologies from the Early Mesolithic to the Early Bronze Age 90 Rick Schulting 5 Temporary Spaces in the Mesolithic and Neolithic: Understanding Landscapes 121 Lesley McFadyen 6 The Architecture of Monuments 135 Vicki Cummings 7 Lithic Technology and the Chaîne Opératoire 160 Chantal Conneller 8 How the Dead Live: Mortuary Practices, Memory and the Ancestors in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland 177 Andrew Jones 9 The Development of an Agricultural Countryside 202 David Field 10 Foodways and Social Ecologies from the Middle Bronze Age to Late Iron Age 225 Jacqui Mulville 11 The Architecture of Routine Life 248 Joanna Brück 12 Later Prehistoric Landscapes and Inhabitation 268 Robert Johnston 13 Ceramic Technologies and Social Relations 288 Ann Woodward 14 Exchange, Object Biographies and the Shaping of Identities, 10,000-1000 B.C. 310 Stuart Needham 15 Identity, Community and the Person in Later Prehistory 330 Melanie Giles Index 351 ...
