Understanding the Neolithic Page 1 Page 2 Understanding the Neolithic Understanding the
Neolithic is a groundbreaking investigation of the Neolithic period (4000–2200 BC) in southern …

Along the Atlantic seaboard, from Scotland to Spain, are numerous rock carvings made four
to five thousand years ago, whose interpretation poses a major challenge to the …

The Emergent Past approaches archaeological research as an engagement within an
assemblage-a particular configuration of materials, things, places, humans, animals, plants …

This book has taken a long time in its writing, since in the course of the past four years I have
found that both my objectives and my theoretical orientation have changed. In the process …

Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England represents an unparalleled
exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines …

The Iron Age in Northern Britain examines the archaeological evidence for earlier Iron Age
communities from the southern Pennines to the Northern and Western Isles and the impact …

Abstract In Britain and Ireland there is a tendency for late Neolithic monuments to be
clustered in groups and located at similar topographic positions. In this paper a group of …

This paper examines the adoption by archaeologists of perspectives of'land scape'currently
being explored in the social sciences. Despite an appreci ation of the social construction of …

Studies of the prehistoric landscape are best suited to the analysis of sedentary communities
with enclosed resources. Studies of prehistoric art show different limitations, especially an …

This paper reviews some recent developments in the study of non‐utilitarian monuments in
relation to a new analysis of a group of earthworks at Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire …