Prehistoric Britain
The Ceramic Basis
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology, History, British
| Author: | Ann Woodward, J. D. Hill | ISBN: | 9781785705335 |
| Publisher: | Oxbow Books | Publication: | January 31, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Oxbow Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ann Woodward, J. D. Hill |
| ISBN: | 9781785705335 |
| Publisher: | Oxbow Books |
| Publication: | January 31, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Oxbow Books |
| Language: | English |
Pottery has become one of the major categories of artefact that is used in reconstructing the lives and habits of prehistoric people. In these 14 papers, members of the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group discuss the many ways in which pottery is used to study chronology, behavioural changes, inter-relationships between people and between people and their environment, technology and production, exchange, settlement organisation, cultural expression, style and symbolism.
Pottery has become one of the major categories of artefact that is used in reconstructing the lives and habits of prehistoric people. In these 14 papers, members of the Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group discuss the many ways in which pottery is used to study chronology, behavioural changes, inter-relationships between people and between people and their environment, technology and production, exchange, settlement organisation, cultural expression, style and symbolism.
