Alasdair Whittle: 4 books
Places of Special Virtue
Megaliths in the Neolithic landscapes of Wales
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
This volume explores the landscape settings of megalithic chambered monuments in Wales. Set against a broader theoretical discussion on the significance of the landscape, the authors consider the role of visual landscapes in prehistory, meanings attached to the landscape, and the values and beliefs...
by Timothy Champion, Clive Gamble, Stephen Shennan
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
The study of European prehistory has been revolutionized in recent years by the rapid growth rate of archeological discovery, advances in dating methods and the application of scientific techniques to archaeological material and new archaeological aims and frameworks of interpretation. Whereas previous...
The First Farmers of Central Europe
Diversity in LBK Lifeways
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
From about 5500 cal BC to soon after 5000 cal BC, the lifeways of the first farmers of central Europe, the LBK culture (Linearbandkeramik), are seen in distinctive practices of longhouse use, settlement forms, landscape choice, subsistence, material culture and mortuary rites. Within the five or more...
The Times of Their Lives
Hunting History in the Archaeology of Neolithic Europe
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
The hunt is on for the most detailed histories of people in the remote past that we can achieve. We can now routinely, through Bayesian modelling of radiocarbon dates, construct much more precise chronologies than previously, down to the scales of lifetimes and generations, and even on occasion of...