Mehr zum Titel: | Cover; Contents; Biographical Note; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Frameworks for Europe's Past; Geography and Environment; Geology; Past Climate; Raw Materials; Time and Chronology; A Very Short History of European Archaeology; CHAPTER TWO: The First Europeans; Early Europeans; Atapuerca, Spain, 1.3 Million Years Ago; Boxgrove, England, 500,000 Years Ago; Schöningen, Germany, 400,000 Years Ago; Neanderthals; Krapina, Serbia, 130,000 Years Ago; Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, Germany, 55,000 Years Ago; El Sidrón, Spain, 43,000 Years Ago; Grotte du Renne, France, 40,000 Years Ago Vindija Cave, Croatia, 34,000 Years AgoAncient DNA; Neanderthal Diet; Some Reflections; CHAPTER THREE: The Creative Explosion; Origin and Spread of Modern Humans; The Upper Paleolithic; Pestera cu Oase, Romania, 40,000 Years Ago; Grotte Chauvet, France, 32,000 Years Ago; Grande Grotte, Arcy-sur-Cure, France, 32,000 Years Ago; Dolní Věstonice, Czech Republic, 27,500 Years Ago; Grotte de la Vache, France, 14,000 Years Ago; Gönnersdorf, Germany, 11,500 Years Ago; Pincevent, France, 12,000 Years Ago; Doggerland, North Sea, 11,000 BC; The Last Hunters; Franchthi Cave, Greece, 9000 BC Mount Sandel, Ireland, 7000 BCMoita do Sebastião, Portugal, 6000 BC; Polderweg, Netherlands, 5500 BC; Tybrind Vig, Denmark, 5000 BC; Vedbæk, Denmark, 5000 BC; Rock Art: Vingen, Norway, 5000 BC; Some Reflections; CHAPTER FOUR: The First Farmers; The Origins and Spread of Agriculture; Neolithic Cyprus; Shillourokambos, Cyprus, 8200 BC; Asprokremnos, Cyprus, 8800 BC; Nea Nikomedeia, Greece, 6200 BC; Lepenski Vir, Serbia, 6200 BC; Vinča, Serbia, 5500 BC; Rudna Glava, Serbia, 5000 BC; Varna, Bulgaria, 4500 BC; Passo di Corvo, Italy, 6000 BC; Linearbandkeramik; Vaihingen, Germany, 5300 BC Polished Flint AxesSpiennes, Belgium, 4400 BC; La Draga, Spain, 5000 BC; Arbon-Bleiche 3, Switzerland, 3384 BC; Ötzi, Italy, 3300 BC; The Megaliths of Western Europe; Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, 3200 BC; Stonehenge, England, 3100 BC; Newgrange, Ireland, 3100 BC; Los Millares, Spain, 3200 BC; Hal Saflieni, Malta, 3600 BC; Rock Art: Barranco de la Valtort, Spain, 5500 BC; Some Reflections; CHAPTER FIVE: Bronze Age Warriors; The Rise of Metals; The Bronze Age in the Aegean; Knossos, Crete, Greece, 3000 BC; Akrotiri, Santorini, Greece, 1626 BC; Mykene, Greece, 1600 BC; Uluburun, Turkey, 1300 BC The Bronze Age North of the AlpsBell Beaker; The Indo-Europeans; Amesbury Archer, England, 2470 BC; Poggiomarino, Italy, 1600 BC; Croce del Papa, Italy, 2150 BC; Nebra, Germany, 1600 BC; Bronze Age Finds; Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Sardinia, Italy, 1800 BC; Borum Eshøj, Denmark, 1350 BC; Bredarör, Sweden, 1000 BC; Salcombe, England, 1000 BC; Flag Fen, England, 1350 BC; Rock Art: Tanum, Sweden, 1500 BC; Some Reflections; CHAPTER SIX: Centers of Power, Weapons of Iron; At the Edge of History; The Celts; The Germans; The Scythians; Making Iron; Biskupin, Poland, 738 BC; The Etruscans Necropoli della Banditaccia, Italy, 650 BC |
