Format:
Online-Ressource (477 p)
ISBN:
9780199659777
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The Later Prehistory of North-West Europe provides a unique, up-to-date, and easily accessible synthesis of the later prehistoric archaeology of north-west Europe, surveying changes in social forms, landscape organization, monument types, and ritual practices over six millennia.
Content:
Cover -- The Later Prehistory of North-West Europe: The Evidence of Development-Led Fieldwork -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Setting the Scene -- AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF EUROPE? -- THE CHANGING SCALE OF EUROPE ANARCHAEOLOGY -- THE QUESTION OF SCALE IN BRITISH AND IRISH ARCHAEOLOGY -- THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT-LED ARCHAEOLOGY -- INTRODUCING THE PROJECT -- THE DATASET -- CONTEMPORARY ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD -- Development Pressures -- The Organization of Development-Led Archaeology -- Funding -- Fieldwork and Post-Excavation Practice -- CONCLUSION -- 2: Late Foragers and First Farmers (8000-3700 BC) -- MESOLITHIC STUDIES AND NEOLITHIC STUDIES -- THE LAST FORAGERS -- Inland Areas -- On the Coast -- Integration -- THE INTRODUCTION OF FARMING: THE LINEARBANDKERAMIK CULTURE -- NEW CONFIGURATIONS IN GERMANY AND FRANCE (4900-3700 BC) -- The First Monumental Cemeteries in the Paris Basin -- The Development of Enclosures -- The Development of Flint Mines -- THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURE IN NORTH-WEST FRANCE -- THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURE IN NORTHERN GERMANY, THE LOW COUNTRIES, AND DENMARK -- THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURE IN THE BRITISH ISLES -- THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE -- 3: Regional Monumental Landscapes (3700-2500 BC) -- A SECOND GENERATION OF NEOLITHIC MONUMENTS -- THE HISTORIES OF FUNERARY MONUMENTS -- Long Mounds in Denmark and the British Isles -- Passage Graves in Ireland and Britain -- Passage Graves and Other Mortuary Monuments in Northern Europe -- Later Chambered Tombs in France -- Later Chambered Tombs in Western Germany and the Low Countries -- The Demise of Megalithic Tombs and the Development of New Burial Rites -- THE HISTORIES OF ENCLOSURES -- Causewayed Enclosures in Britain and Ireland.
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover ; The Later Prehistory of North-West Europe: The Evidence of Development-Led Fieldwork ; Copyright ; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Setting the Scene ; AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF EUROPE?; THE CHANGING SCALE OF EUROPE ANARCHAEOLOGY ; THE QUESTION OF SCALE IN BRITISH AND IRISH ARCHAEOLOGY ; THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT-LED ARCHAEOLOGY ; INTRODUCING THE PROJECT; THE DATASET; CONTEMPORARY ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD; Development Pressures; The Organization of Development-Led Archaeology; Funding
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Fieldwork and Post-Excavation PracticeCONCLUSION; 2: Late Foragers and First Farmers (8000-3700 BC) ; MESOLITHIC STUDIES AND NEOLITHIC STUDIES; THE LAST FORAGERS; Inland Areas; On the Coast; Integration; THE INTRODUCTION OF FARMING: THE LINEARBANDKERAMIK CULTURE ; NEW CONFIGURATIONS IN GERMANY AND FRANCE (4900-3700 BC) ; The First Monumental Cemeteries in the Paris Basin; The Development of Enclosures; The Development of Flint Mines; THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURE IN NORTH-WEST FRANCE ; THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURE IN NORTHERN GERMANY, THE LOW COUNTRIES, AND DENMARK
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THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURE IN THE BRITISH ISLES THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE; 3: Regional Monumental Landscapes (3700-2500 BC); A SECOND GENERATION OF NEOLITHIC MONUMENTS ; THE HISTORIES OF FUNERARY MONUMENTS; Long Mounds in Denmark and the British Isles; Passage Graves in Ireland and Britain; Passage Graves and Other Mortuary Monuments in Northern Europe ; Later Chambered Tombs in France; Later Chambered Tombs in Western Germany and the Low Countries ; The Demise of Megalithic Tombs and the Development of New Burial Rites ; THE HISTORIES OF ENCLOSURES
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Causewayed Enclosures in Britain and IrelandCausewayed Enclosures in Northern Europe; Causewayed Enclosures in France; Stone Circles and Henge Monuments in the British Isles ; SETTLEMENTS; Settlements and Great Houses in France and Belgium; Settlements and Great Houses in the British Isles; THE DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-DISTANCE NETWORKS; OVERVIEW: THEMES WITH VARIATIONS; ENTERING A NEW WORLD; Corded Ware Settlements; Corded Ware Burials; 4: Barrow Landscapes Across the Channel (2500-1600 BC) ; INTRODUCTION: LIVES AND DEATHS; THE BELL BEAKER PHASE; Mobility; Metallurgy; Bell Beaker Settlements
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Monuments and the PastBell Beaker Mortuary Practices; Overview; EARLY BRONZE AGE NETWORKS; Mobility, Metallurgy, and Exchange; Settlement Evidence; Summary; EARLY BRONZE AGE FUNERARY PRACTICES; Round Barrows and Ring-Ditches; Round Barrows and Flat Graves; Flat Cemeteries; Summary; THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME; 5: Changes in the Pattern of Settlement (1600-1100 BC) ; INTRODUCTION; SETTLEMENT; Settlement in the Low Countries and Northern Europe; Settlement in Britain and Ireland; Settlement in the Maritime Regions of Northern and Western France ; Settlement: An Overview; TREATMENT OF THE DEAD
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Germany and Northern Europe
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780191634710
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199659777
Additional Edition:
Print version The Later Prehistory of North-West Europe : The Evidence of Development-Led Fieldwork
Language:
English
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