Prehistory  /  European Prehistory
Material Mnemonics Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781842179666
Pub Date: 12 Sep 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: b/w illus
Description:
How did ancient Europeans materialise memory? Material Mnemonics: Everyday Practices in Prehistoric Europe provides a fresh approach to the archaeological study of memory. Drawing on case studies from the British Isles, Scandinavia, central Europe, Greece, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula that date from the Neolithic through the Iron Age, the book's authors explore the implications of our understanding of the past when memory and mnemonic practices are placed in the center of cultural analyses.
Vuurstenen Werktuigen Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 286
ISBN: 9789088900433
Pub Date: 24 Aug 2010
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: col illus throughout
Description:
Flint was the primary raw material used for tools until c. 4000 years ago. Its properties allow the production of very sharp edges, which made it essential in many activities related to craft and subsistence.
Round Mounds and Monumentality in the British Neolithic and Beyond Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9781842174043
Pub Date: 10 Jul 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers
Illustrations: 101 b/w illus, 13 colour illus, 5 tables
Description:
This volume, the tenth published collection of seminar papers from the Neolithic Studies Group, is based upon a conference that took place at the British Museum in November 2008. The meeting aimed to consider the chronology and development of Neolithic round mounds; their changing form and use; their relationships to contemporary cultural, ancestral and natural landscapes; the extent to which they provide scope for identifying local and regional social organization; and, not least, why they were round. Following the conference, further papers were offered for this edited volume, widening and broadening the initial discussion.
Changing Pictures Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN: 9781842174050
Pub Date: 30 Jun 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: 159 b/w & colour illus, 2 tables
Description:
This volume derives from a workshop held at the University of Kalmar (now Linnaeus University), Sweden between the 20-24 of October 2008. The aim of this gathering was to provide a forum for rock art researchers from different parts of northern Europe to discuss traditional as well as current interpretative trends within rock art research. Changing Pictures aims to return to traditional interpretative notions regarding the meaning and significance of rock art to investigate if and why any information had been left behind to recover and rethink.
Candi, Space and Landscape Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
ISBN: 9789088900396
Pub Date: 30 Apr 2010
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
Central Javanese temples were not built anywhere and anyhow. On the contrary: their positions within the landscape and their architectural designs were determined by socio-cultural, religious and economic factors. This book explores the correlations between temple distribution, natural surroundings and architectural design to understand how Central Javanese people structured the space around them, and how the religious landscape thus created, developed.
A Valley in La Rioja Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 250
ISBN: 9781905905157
Pub Date: 06 Apr 2010
Imprint: Oxford University School of Archaeology
Series: Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph
Description:
The Najerilla flows from the mountains of the Sierra de la Demanda to the River Ebro in the western part of the province of La Rioja in northern Spain. Here fieldwork and excavations from 2000-2003 examined the varied landscapes of the valley and focused on the excavation of two Iron Age hilltop settlements, Castillo Antiguo and Cerro Molino. The work on Cerro Molino was the most extensive and exposed close-spaced buildings of mud-brick and timber belonging to the Celtiberian period (fourth-second centuries BC) but both hilltops were occupied in earlier periods from the seventh to the fifth centuries.
RRP: £68.00
Ancient Mines and Quarries Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781842174012
Pub Date: 04 Apr 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: 99 b/w illus, 10 tables
Description:
Fourteen papers explore a range of issues relating to prehistoric extraction sites, including ethnography, geochemical signatures, the application of neutron activation analysis, exploitation of erratics, excavation, survey and conservation. Topics include quernstone extraction, use of hammers, stages of extraction, geographical and social contexts, changing social regimes, the ritualised nature of journeys to quarry sites, study of petrofabrics, and the effects of joint and cleavage on quarrying practice. Two contributions are in French with extended summaries in English.
From Surface Collection to Prehistoric Lifeways Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781842173916
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: 8 page colour section, 80 b/w illus, 34 tables
Description:
The communities who lived in the Balkans between 7000 and 4000 Cal. BC have now been the focus of intensive and increasingly inter-disciplinary research for the last forty years. Dwelling between the warm, dry Mediterranean zones of the Aegean and Anatolia and the cooler and snowier Central European heartlands, these communities created distinctive social formations that left enduring marks on today's landscapes.
RRP: £60.00
Representations and Communications Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
ISBN: 9781842173978
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: 53 b/w illus
Description:
In this volume, which is the outcome of the four-year long collaboration project SARA (Scandinavian and Atlantic Rock Art) between the archaeology department at University of Gothenburg and the Laboratory of Heritage of Spanish National Research Council, nine papers summarize new excavation and survey results, advanced studies of iconography and intriguing landscape studies. It addresses topics such as human activities in the vicinity and surroundings of rock-art panels, movement and communication, ritual and symbolism, and finally representations and constructions of landscapes. The book is a sophisticated study of the rock art of two major regions of prehistoric Europe, but one with implications for research over a much wider area.
RRP: £25.00
Gilgal Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9781842174135
Pub Date: 28 Feb 2010
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Series: American School of Prehistoric Research Monograph
Description:
The Gilgal Neolithic sites are among the first sites where cultivation emerged in the Levant. This book provides the full report of the late Tamar Noy's excavations including stratigraphy, architecture, artifacts, art objects, faunal, and botanical collections.
RRP: £35.00
Fengate Revisited Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 260
ISBN: 9780954482480
Pub Date: 03 Dec 2009
Imprint: Cambridge Archaeological Unit
Description:
At its core, this volume reports upon three large-scale excavations at Fengate, Peterborough. These cast new light on Briton's premier Bronze Age fieldsystem and their results lead to significant reappraisal of facets of Pryor's earlier interpretations and, also, approaches to the period's land-use generally. Reflecting upon such crucial issues as the character of settlement, landholding/territory and power, their discussion is furthered by the book's summary presentation of other recent prehistoric fieldsystems projects within the East Anglian Fenlands.
Hilversumsche Oudheden Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 132
ISBN: 9789088900211
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2009
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
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The TRB West Group Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 250
ISBN: 9789088900235
Pub Date: 01 Dec 2009
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
A classic study of the pottery of the TRB West group, originally published in 1979. Bakker deals with the research history and typochronology of the TRB pottery. Also he gives a detailed account of the other TRB finds such as flint and stone artefacts and of course the most important TRB sites.
A View from the West Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781842173626
Pub Date: 13 Nov 2009
Imprint: Oxbow Books
Illustrations: 111 figs
Description:
At the heart of this study are the early Neolithic chambered tombs of the Irish Sea zone, defined as west Wales, the west coast of northern Britain, coastal south and western Scotland, the western isles and the Isle of Man, and the eastern coast of Ireland. In order to understand these monuments, there must be a broader consideration of their landscape settings. The landscape setting of the chambered tombs is considered in detail, both overall and through a number of specific case studies, incorporating a much wider area than has been previously considered.
Flint in Focus Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 311
ISBN: 9789088900334
Pub Date: 11 Nov 2009
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
The biographies of flint objects reveal their various and changing roles in prehistoric life. Using raw material sourcing, technological analysis, experimental archaeology, microwear and residue studies the author tells the story of flint from the Early Neolithic to its virtual demise in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age, incorporating data from settlements, burials and hoards from the region of the present-day Netherlands. This richly illustrated book shows the way flint functioned in daily life, how simple domestic tools became ritualized, how flint was used to negotiate change and how the biography of flint objects was related to personhood.
The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 428
ISBN: 9780954962791
Pub Date: 02 Nov 2009
Imprint: Oxford University School of Archaeology
Series: Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph
Description:
In common with other volumes in the Thames Through Time series, this account of the Thames Valley in the millennium and a half before the Roman conquest seeks to examine change in human society from a thematic point of view. The geographical and chronological framework for this volume is established in Chapters 1 and 2, but thereafter we have tried to get away from the traditional, somewhat artificial pigeon-holes of 'periods' 'ages' 'eras' and 'phases' to look much harder at how change in human society actually works. In a period when the 20th century has come to dominate secondary school history and much popular TV, the notion that the first foundations of modern society can be traced back more than 3000 years may seem a rather surprising proposition.
RRP: £30.00