Prehistoric Archaeology
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The British Palaeolithic
Human Societies at the Edge of the Pleistocene World
The British Palaeolithic provides the first academic synthesis of the entire British Palaeolithic, from the earliest occupation (currently understood to be around 980,000 years ago) to the end of the Ice Age. Landscape and ecology form the canvas for an explicitly interpretative approach aimed at...
Published January 16th 2012 by Routledge
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Prehistoric Britain
2nd Edition
Series: Routledge World Archaeology
Britain has been inhabited by humans for over half a million years, during which time there were a great many changes in lifestyles and in the surrounding landscape. This book, now in its second edition, examines the development of human societies in Britain from earliest times to the Roman...
Published June 8th 2010 by Routledge
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The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial
Humans are unique in that they expend considerable effort and ingenuity in disposing of the dead. Some of the recognisable ways we do this are visible in the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Ice Age. The Palaeolithic Origins of Human Burial takes a novel approach to the long-term development of...
Published October 12th 2010 by Routledge
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Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory
Investigating the Missing Majority
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
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An Archaeology of Materials
Substantial Transformations in Early Prehistoric Europe
Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology
An Archaeology of Materials sets out a new approach to the study of raw materials. Traditional understandings of materials in archaeology (and in western thought more widely) have failed to acknowledge both the complexity and, moreover, the benefits of an analysis of materials. Here Conneller...
Published December 8th 2010 by Routledge
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The Prehistory of Iberia
Debating Early Social Stratification and the State
Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology
The origin and early development of social stratification is essentially an archaeological problem. The impressive advance of archaeological research has revealed that, first and foremost, the pre-eminence of stratified or class society in today’s world is the result of a long social struggle. This...
Published December 11th 2012 by Routledge
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Tracing Prehistoric Social Networks through Technology
A Diachronic Perspective on the Aegean
Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology
This volume investigates smaller and larger networks of contacts within and across the Aegean and nearby regions, covering periods from the Neolithic until Classical times (6000–323 BC). It explores the world of technologies, crafts and archaeological 'left-overs' in order to place social and...
Published October 24th 2011 by Routledge
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Neolithic
This excellent introductory textbook describes and explains the origins of modern culture– the dawn of agriculture in the Neolithic area. Written in an easy-to-read style, this lively and engaging book familiarises the reader with essential archaeological and genetic terms and concepts, explores...
Published June 21st 2007 by Routledge
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Iron Age Communities in Britain
An account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC until the Roman Conquest, 4th Edition
Since its first publication in 1971, Barry Cunliffe's monumental survey has established itself as a classic of British archaeology. This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of the earlier editions, whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the...
Published August 20th 2009 by Routledge
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The Past in Prehistoric Societies
The idea of prehistory dates from the nineteenth century, but Richard Bradley contends that it is still a vital area for research. He argues that it is only through a combination of oral tradition and the experience of encountering ancient material culture that people were able to formulate a sense...
Published May 22nd 2002 by Routledge
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Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe
This fascinating study explores how our prehistoric ancestors developed rituals from everyday life and domestic activities. Richard Bradley contends that for much of the prehistoric period, ritual was not a distinct sphere of activity. Rather it was the way in which different features of the...
Published February 23rd 2005 by Routledge
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Hominid Individual in Context
Archaeological Investigations of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic landscapes, locales and artefacts
This book explores new approaches to the remarkably detailed information that archaeologists now have for the study of our early ancestors. Rather than explaining the archaeology of stones and bones as the product of group decisions, the contributors investigate how individual action created social...
Published January 4th 2005 by Routledge
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An Archaeology of Natural Places
This volume explores why natural places such as caves, mountains, springs and rivers assumed a sacred character in European prehistory, and how the evidence for this can be analysed in the field. It shows how established research on votive deposits, rock art and production sites can contribute to a...
Published February 9th 2000 by Routledge
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Prehistoric Figurines
Representation and Corporeality in the Neolithic
Fully illustrated, Prehistoric Figurines brings a radical new approach to one of the most exciting, but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. Studying the interpretation of prehistoric figurines from Neolithic southeast Europe, Bailey introduces recent developments from the fields...
Published April 21st 2005 by Routledge
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Living on the Lake in Prehistoric Europe
150 Years of Lake-Dwelling Research
The chance discovery in 1854 of a prehistoric lake village on Lake Zurich triggered what we now call the 'lake-dwelling phenomenon'. One hundred and fifty years of research and animated academic disputes have transformed the phenomenon into one of the most reliable sources of information in wetland...
Published August 18th 2004 by Routledge