Vicki Cummings

The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317514268
• Artikelnr.: 48417442

Autorenporträt

Vicki Cummings is a Reader in Archaeology at the University of Central Lancashire, UK, where she has worked since 2004. She specialises in the Mesolithic and Neolithic of Britain and Ireland, with a particular focus on the transition period, monuments and landscape. She has a broader interest in hunting and gathering populations and stone tools. She has excavated a series of Neolithic monuments including Clyde cairns, Bargrennan monuments and dolmens.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Chapter one. Introducing the Neolithic
of Britain and Ireland; Chapter two. Britain and Ireland in the fifth
millennium cal BC: the calm before the storm; Chapter three. All change.
The transition to the Neolithic in Britain and Ireland; Chapter four. A
brave new world: life in the early Neolithic of Britain and Ireland;
Chapter five. Of earth, bone, timber and stone: mortuary practice and
monumentality in the early Neolithic of Britain and Ireland; Chapter six.
Circles and lines: the middle Neolithic of Britain and Ireland; Chapter
seven. Lines and landscapes of descent: life in the late Neolithic of
Britain and Ireland; Chapter eight. Ritual and religion in the round:
mortuary practice and monumentality in the late Neolithic of Britain and
Ireland; Chapter nine. Beakers, copper and bronze: the start of a new era
in Britain and Ireland; Chapter ten. The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland:
overview and future directions; Index.