{"product_id":"prehistoric-europe-isbn-9781405125963","title":"Prehistoric Europe","description":"\u003ci\u003ePrehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive introduction to the range of critical contemporary thinking in the study of European prehistory. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents essays by some of the most dynamic researchers and leading European scholars in the field today\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRanges from the Neolithic period to the early stages of the Iron Age, and from Ireland and Scandinavia to the Urals and the Iberian Peninsula\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Figures and Tables \u003c\/i\u003evii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors \u003c\/i\u003exi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Frameworks for the Analysis of European Prehistory 14\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers? 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Pluciennik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) The Celts as ‘Grand Narrative’ 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Collis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Landscape and Place 54\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) From Monuments in Landscape to Landscapes in Monuments: Monuments, Death and Landscape in Early Bronze Age Scandinavia 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoakim Goldhahn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Everything in its Right Place? On Selective Deposition, Landscape and the Construction of Identity in Later Prehistory 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Fontijn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Living House – Architecture, the Everyday and the Human Lifecycle 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) First Households and ‘House Societies’ in European Prehistory 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDušan Borić\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Domestic Times: Houses and Temporalities in Late Prehistoric Europe 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFokke Gerritsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Materiality, Technology and Transformation – The Emergence of Novel Technologies 162\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) The Emergence of Pottery 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDragos Gheorghiu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) The Emergence of Metalworking 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara S. Ottaway and Ben Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Death, Remembrance and the Past 226\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Engaging Memories of European Prehistory 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatina T. Lillios\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) The Past in Later Prehistory 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBryan Hanks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Identity, Community, the Body and the Person 285\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Neolithic Bodies 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniela Hofmann and Alasdair Whittle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Bodies and Identities in the Scandinavian Late Iron Age 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIng-Marie Back Danielsson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Interaction, Trade and Exchange 330\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(a) Approaches to Trade and Exchange in Earlier Prehistory (Late Mesolithic–Early Bronze Age) 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Chapman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(b) Trade and Exchange in Later Prehistory 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Wells \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 373\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Extensive and current bibliographies and illustrations accompany the highly stimulating discussions. [This is] Clearly a volume for colleges and universities with programs in archaeology and anthropology.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE,\u003c\/i\u003e December 2009)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \"This edited volume provides a welcome break from the traditional chronological approach to European prehistory. Important disciplinary themes are addressed here in innovative ways by a group of scholars with active field projects as well as impressive publication records.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBettina Arnold, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"An impressive compilation of papers which successfully combines novel and theoretical approaches with detailed regional studies. Jones has assembled a galaxy of leading scholars to produce an authoritative overview of key themes and subjects within European prehistory, from the Iron Gates Mesolithic to Iron Age Scandinavia.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChris Scarre, University of Durham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Massive amounts of new information exist from all periods of prehistoric Europe and older frameworks of interpretation are increasingly inadequate to the task of making sense of these. \u003ci\u003ePrehistoric Europe\u003c\/i\u003e brings together a wide range of approaches which show exciting possibilities for novel ways of understanding the past. It is a book to be debated and argued with - I am sure new insights will result.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChris Gosden, University of Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrew Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is currently a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Southampton. He is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eArchaeological Theory and Scientific Practice \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). \u003ci\u003ePrehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive overview of the wide-ranging contemporary debates in the study of European prehistory. Written to reflect the immense changes in the field, the volume presents essays by some of the most dynamic researchers and leading European scholars in the field today. Ranging from the Neolithic period to the early stages of the Iron Age, and from Ireland and Scandinavia to the Urals and the Iberian Peninsula, the book offers a truly contemporary approach to the ever-evolving study of European prehistory.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989841199333,"sku":"NP9781405125963","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405125963.jpg?v=1761785646","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/prehistoric-europe-isbn-9781405125963","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}