Prehistoric Flintwork

Author: Chris Butler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
Flint was vital for prehistoric societies, from the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers down to Bronze Age farmers. Chris Butler describes how the different diagnostic flint implements were used in each period and how they were produced. The author further explores what the analysis of flintwork can tell us about early man's use of the landscape, such as how and where flint was obtained; settlement, manufacturing, and ritual sites; and the eventual decline in the importance of flint. The book is the fruit of 20 years' research into flint assemblages.

Prehistoric Sussex

Author: Alex Vincent
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398112267
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 127

Book Description
A fascinating exploration of prehistoric Sussex from the Palaeolithic era to the Iron Age and the Roman invasion.

Flint Daggers in Prehistoric Europe

Author: Catherine J. Frieman
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785700197
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 365

Book Description
For more than a century flint daggers have been among the most closely studied and most heavily published later prehistoric lithic tools. It is well established that they are found across Europe and beyond, and that many were widely circulated over many generations. Yet, few researchers have attempted to discuss the entirety of the flint dagger phenomenon. The present volume brings together papers that address questions of the regional variability and socio-technical complexity of flint daggers and their production. It focuses on the typology, chronology, technology, functionality and meaning of flint and other lithic daggers produced primarily in Europe, but also in the Eastern Mediterranean and East Asia, in prehistory. The 14 papers by leading researchers provide a comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge concerning various flint dagger corpora as well as potential avenues for the development of a research agenda across national, regional and disciplinary boundaries. The volume originates from a session held at the 2011 meeting of the European Association of Archaeology but includes additional commissioned contributions.

Excavation of Later Prehistoric and Roman Sites along the Route of the Newquay Strategic Road Corridor, Cornwall

Author: Andy M. Jones
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789691532
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
This volume presents the results of archaeological investigations on the Newquay Strategic Road and goes on to discuss the complexity of the archaeology, review the evidence for ‘special’ deposits and explore evidence for the deliberate closure of buildings especially in later prehistoric and Roman period Cornwall.

Prehistoric Gloucestershire

Author: Timothy Darvill
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445619946
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507

Book Description
This book charts the story of Gloucestershire's landscape and its inhabitants over a period spanning more than half a million years.

A Vanishing Landscape: Archaeological Investigations at Blakeney Eye, Norfolk

Author: Naomi Field
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789698413
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
This volume presents a report on the archaeological excavation of a small building on the Norfolk coast, locally known as 'Blakeney Chapel', in advance of expected coastal erosion at Blakeney Eye. The investigations produced evidence for multi-period occupation, with abandonments driven by the ever-changing climate.

Prehistoric Britain

Author: Timothy Darvill
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113474658X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 665

Book Description
Tim Darvill examins the development of human societies in Britain from the earliest times down to the Roman Conquest, as revealed by available archaeological evidence. Special attention is given to six themes which are traced through all phases of prehistory: subsistence, technology, ritual, trade, society and population. Ideal for extramural course use, Prehistoric Britain is a book that can be read for pleasure by anyone interested in the early history of the British Isles.

Bronze Age Connections

Author: Peter Clark
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1782973168
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
New and exciting discoveries on either side of the English Channel in recent years have begun to show that people living in the coastal zones of Belgium, southern Britain, northern France and the Netherlands shared a common material culture during the Bronze Age, between three and four thousand years ago. They used similar styles of pottery and metalwork, lived in the same kind of houses and buried their dead in the same kind of tombs, often quite different to those used by their neighbours further inland. The sea did not appear to be a barrier to these people but rather a highway, connecting communities in a unique cultural identity; the 'People of La Manche'. Symbolic of these maritime Bronze Age Connections is the iconic Dover Bronze Age boat, one of Europe's greatest prehistoric discoveries and testament to the skill and technical sophistication of our Bronze Age ancestors. This monograph presents papers from a conference held in Dover in 2006 organised by the Dover Bronze Age Boat Trust, which brought together scholars from many different countries to explore and celebrate these ancient seaborne contacts. Twelve wide-ranging chapters explore themes of travel, exchange, production, magic and ritual that throw new light on our understanding of the seafaring peoples of the second millennium BC.

Evolution of a Community: The Colonisation of a Clay Inland Landscape

Author: Samantha Paul
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784910872
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Chronologically documents the colonisation of a clay inland location north-west of Cambridge at the village of Longstanton and outlines how it was not an area on the periphery of activity, but part of a fully occupied landscape extending back into the Mesolithic period.

The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland

Author: Vicki Cummings
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317514262
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description
The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland provides a synthesis of this dynamic period of prehistory from the end of the Mesolithic through to the early Beaker period. Drawing on new excavations and the application of new scientific approaches to data from this period, this book considers both life and death in the Neolithic. It offers a clear and concise introduction to this period but with an emphasis on the wider and on-going research questions. It is an important text for students new to the study of this period of prehistory as well as acting as a reference for students and scholars already researching this area. The book begins by considering the Mesolithic prelude, specifically the millennium prior to the start of the Neolithic in Britain and Ireland. It then goes on to consider what life was like for people at the time, alongside the monumental record and how people treated the dead. This is presented chronologically, with separate chapters on the early Neolithic, middle Neolithic, late Neolithic and early Beaker periods. Finally it considers future research priorities for the study of the Neolithic.