The Mesolithic in Britain proposes a new division of the Mesolithic period into four parts,
each with its distinct character. The Mesolithic has previously been seen as timeless, where …

The adze resulted from the bringing together of different materials and it enabled the
creation of further assemblages. This remarkable object appears to have been made for a …

Human migration throughout northern Europe following the Last Glacial Maximum is an
ideal situation to investigate human colonization and adaptation in new landscapes. This is …

Investigation of British Mesolithic and Neolithic genomes suggests discontinuity between the
two and has been interpreted as indicating a significant migration of continental farmers …

This paper explores the current narratives of migration for the start and spread of the
Neolithic with a particular focus on the role that the new ancient DNA data have provided …

This contribution will provide a critical overview of the other papers within this special issue
of Journal of World Prehistory (Elliott and Little 2018), identifying key aspects of the …

When a person dies, their death is felt by the whole community. It not only creates a 'hole'in
the social structure that the person once filled but also creates a body in a liminal state, a …

British Mesolithic, brings together a generation of researchers working on the Mesolithic of
Ireland and Britain in a series of collaborative papers. The impetus for this was the …

As the back cover of the book notes, Chantal Conneller's 'The Mesolithic in Britain:
Landscape and Society in Times of Change'presents the first true synthesis of the British …

The most southern parts of Sweden, Denmark, and northern Germany are rich in flint, both in
chalk or limestone formations and in ice-transported deposits in till and in the soil (Olausson …