This chapter discusses possible forcing factors on one of humanity's most consequential
transition periods, the emergence and the spread of farming. This process was …

Lake and peat sediments are frequently used to reconstruct palaeoclimate records from all
continents using a variety of proxy techniques. This chapter explores the advances that have …

This paper seeks to understand how identity was constructed and communities were
constituted in the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age of parts of central and southern Britain. A …

The Irish Iron Age (c. 700 BCE–AD 400) is a period of late prehistory which continues to
remain shrouded in darkness. The enigma of this period is largely due to the ephemerality of …

Traces of past social actions, detectable in the archaeological record, are the material
evidence through which we can infer social and economic patterns of ancient societies …

Arguably two parallel paradigms exist in the study of Iron Age religion in Britain. The one,
viewed through a Roman lens, sees a pan-European pantheon being worshipped at …

Research from the past year demonstrates archaeologists' diverse contributions to the
anthropological study of human experience and social relationships in time and space. I …

This analysis considers cues for axial alignment, and proposes a unified basis for
interpretation amongst major groups of monument of Neolithic to earlier Bronze Age date …

Past environment and human interactions are the subject of current climate and
archaeological research alike, aiming at a better understanding of how these domains have …

Mycenaean Greece was a powerful Late Bronze Age society in the eastern Mediterranean,
as is evidenced by its close dealings with West Asia and its temporary place as one of the …