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Timber Circles in the East (Paperback): Patrick Taylor Timber Circles in the East (Paperback)
Patrick Taylor
R274 Discovery Miles 2 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Remembered Land - Surviving Sea-level Rise after the Last Ice Age (Hardcover): Jim Leary The Remembered Land - Surviving Sea-level Rise after the Last Ice Age (Hardcover)
Jim Leary
R2,853 Discovery Miles 28 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How did small-scale societies in the past experience and respond to sea-level rise? What happened when their dwellings, hunting grounds and ancestral lands were lost under an advancing tide? This book asks these questions in relation to the hunter-gatherer inhabitants of a lost prehistoric land; a land that became entirely inundated and now lies beneath the North Sea. It seeks to understand how these people viewed and responded to their changing environment, suggesting that people were not struggling against nature, but simply getting on with life - with all its trials and hardships, satisfactions and pleasures, and with a multitude of choices available. At the same time, this loss of land - the loss of places and familiar locales where myths were created and identities formed - would have profoundly affected people's sense of being. This book moves beyond the static approach normally applied to environmental change in the past to capture its nuances. Through this, a richer and more complex story of past sea-level rise develops; a story that may just have resonance for us today.

Homer and the Bronze Age - The Reflection of Humanistic Ideals in Diplomatic Practices (Hardcover, New): Peter Karavites Homer and the Bronze Age - The Reflection of Humanistic Ideals in Diplomatic Practices (Hardcover, New)
Peter Karavites
R3,112 Discovery Miles 31 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Peter Karavites presents a revisionist overview of Homeric scholarship, whose purpose is to bridge the gap between the "positivist" and "negativist" theories dominant in the greater part of the twentieth century. His investigation derives new insights from Homer's text and solves the age old question of the relationship between Homer and the Mycenaean age.

Prehistory Decoded (Hardcover): Martin Sweatman Prehistory Decoded (Hardcover)
Martin Sweatman
R1,100 Discovery Miles 11 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nearly 13,000 years ago millions of people and animals were wiped out, and the world plunged abruptly into a new ice-age. It was more than a thousand years before the climate, and mankind, recovered. The people of Gobekli Tepe in present-day southern Turkey, whose ancestors witnessed this catastrophe, built a megalithic monument formed of many hammer-shaped pillars decorated with symbols as a memorial to this terrible event. Before long, they also invented agriculture, and their new farming culture spread rapidly across the continent, signalling the arrival of civilisation. Before abandoning Gobekli Tepe thousands of years later, they covered it completely with rubble to preserve the greatest and most important story ever told for future generations. Archaeological excavations began at the site in 1994, and we are now able to read their story, more amazing than any Hollywood plot, again for the first time in over 10,000 years. It is a story of survival and resurgence that allows one of the world's greatest scientific puzzles - the meaning of ancient artworks, from the 40,000 year-old Lion-man figurine of Hohlenstein-Stadel cave in Germany to the Great Sphinx of Giza - to be solved. We now know what happened to these people. It probably had happened many times before and since, and it could happen again, to us. The conventional view of prehistory is a sham; we have been duped by centuries of misguided scholarship. The world is actually a much more dangerous place than we have been led to believe. The old myths and legends, of cataclysm and conflagration, are surprisingly accurate. We know this because, at last, we can read an extremely ancient code assumed by scholars to be nothing more than depictions of wild animals. A code hiding in plain sight that reveals we have hardly changed in 40,000 years. A code that changes everything.

Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland (Hardcover): Vincas P. Steponaitis, C. Margaret Scarry Rethinking Moundville and Its Hinterland (Hardcover)
Vincas P. Steponaitis, C. Margaret Scarry
R1,988 Discovery Miles 19 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Moundville, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is one of the largest pre-Columbian mound sites in North America. Comprising twenty-nine earthen mounds that were once platforms for chiefly residences and temples, Moundville was a major political and religious center for the people living in its region and for the wider Mississippian world. A much-needed synthesis of the rapidly expanding archaeological work that has taken place in the region over the past two decades, this volume presents the results of multifaceted research and new excavations. Using models deeply rooted in local ethnohistory, it ties Moundville and its people more closely than before to the ethnography of native southerners and emphasizes the role of social memory and ritual practices both at the mound center and in the hinterland, providing an up-to-date and refreshingly nuanced interpretation of Mississippian culture.

A Study of Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Anping Pei A Study of Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Anping Pei
R2,968 Discovery Miles 29 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is the first-ever monograph on clustering patterns in prehistoric settlements. It not only theoretically explains the difference between natural settlement communities and organizational forms for the first time, but also demonstrates the importance of understanding this difference in practical research. Based on extensive archaeological data from China and focusing on the evolution of prehistoric settlements and changing social relations, the book completely breaks with the globally popular research mode which is based on the assumption that settlement archaeology has nothing to do with prehistoric social organization. In terms of research methods, the book also abandons the globally popular method of measuring the grade and importance of settlements according to their size and the value of the unearthed objects. Instead, it focuses on understanding settlements' attributes from the combined perspective of the group and individuals. On the one hand, the book proves that the clustering patterns in prehistoric settlement sites reflect the organizational forms of the time; on the other, it demonstrates that historical research focusing on the organizational forms of prehistoric societies is closer to the historical reality and of more scientific value. The intended readership includes graduates and researchers in the field of archaeology, or those who are interested in cultural relics and prehistoric settlements.

Liangzhu Pottery - Introversion and Resplendence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Ye Zhao Liangzhu Pottery - Introversion and Resplendence (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Ye Zhao; Translated by Luoying Zheng
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book elaborates on the distinctive characteristics as well as the archaeological, historical and artistic value of Liangzhu pottery, welcoming readers to the wonderful world of Liangzhu by introducing them to its origin, type, design, decoration, evolution and processing technology. It also presents the types of pottery that people in Liangzhu used daily to eat, drink, and bury their dead. Thanks to a wealth of photos taken at the archaeological site, readers can admire the color, decorative patterns, types and shapes of unearthed pottery. The book vividly reveals the lifestyle, aesthetics and level of scientific-technical development in Liangzhu society 5000 years ago.

Archaeological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans - A View from the Levant (Hardcover): Daniel Kaufman Archaeological Perspectives on the Origins of Modern Humans - A View from the Levant (Hardcover)
Daniel Kaufman
R2,753 Discovery Miles 27 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Most of the literature dealing with the origins of modern humans concentrates on the European sequence, where the Levant is referred to in passing as being problematic because it does not fit with the sequence of events documented in Europe. This is the first book that attempts to examine the issues specifically from the Levant, viewing it as central rather than peripheral to the problem. It also discusses in some depth the ramifications of possible interactions between the different hominids in the region.

Rather than viewing the transition from the Middle to Upper Paleolithic as the time at which fully modern adaptive systems came to the forefront, emphasis is placed on the Middle Paleolithic itself in order to test hypotheses that hominids of this period were culturally archaic. Through an analysis of the archaeological evidence, it is concluded that by at least 100,000 years ago people of the period, usually regarded as being somewhat less than human were, on the contrary, fully modern in terms of their behavioral and cultural systems. This conclusion applies to both the Neanderthals and their anatomically modern contemporaries. The author further concludes that the cultural and behavioral differences between the two types were minimal and that there was a potential for interaction and acculturation between them. The possibility is raised that the Near East is the region in which modern human cultural adaptation arose and then dispersed to other regions.

Tracking the Neolithic House in Europe - Sedentism, Architecture and Practice (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Daniela Hofmann, Jessica... Tracking the Neolithic House in Europe - Sedentism, Architecture and Practice (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Daniela Hofmann, Jessica Smyth
R1,587 Discovery Miles 15 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Neolithic period is noted primarily for the change from hunter-gatherer societies to agriculture, domestication and sedentism. This change has been studied in the past by archaeologists observing the movements of plants, animals and people. But has not been examined by looking at the domestic architecture of the time. Along with tracking the movement of sedentism, Neolithic houses are also able to show researchers the beginnings of cultural identity, group representation through the construction and decoration of these structures. Additionally as agriculture moved west and north in this era, the architecture and material culture shows this change and its significance. Chapters are arranged chronologically so that authors can address differences and similarities of their region to neighboring ones. To ensure continuity, authors have framed the chapters around the following considerations: construction materials and architectural characteristics; how houses facilitated or perpetua

Study on the Rock Art at the Yin Mountains (Hardcover, New edition): Xiaokun Wang, Wenjing Zhang Study on the Rock Art at the Yin Mountains (Hardcover, New edition)
Xiaokun Wang, Wenjing Zhang
R1,836 Discovery Miles 18 360 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

As the most important ancient cultural relics in prehistory, rock art have become a direct basis for the reproduction of human history and ideological process. Since the late 1970s, Yinshan rock art have been found in large quantities. In this study, 2842 Yinshan rock art are collected, sorted and classified systematically. The distribution characteristics of rock art in each area and the distribution and change rules of main rock art types are summarized. This book also places Yinshan rock art into the overall framework of Chinese rock art for analysis in order to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the overall characteristics and status of Yinshan rock art, and showcases researches on the chronology are.

Across the Alps in Prehistory - Isotopic Mapping of the Brenner Passage by Bioarchaeology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Gisela... Across the Alps in Prehistory - Isotopic Mapping of the Brenner Passage by Bioarchaeology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Gisela Grupe, Andrea Grigat, George C McGlynn
R4,954 Discovery Miles 49 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

At the heart of this book is the matter of how isotopic landscapes combined with data mining enriches insights on prehistoric migration and cultural transfer. Isotopic mapping is an indispensable tool for the assessment of mobility and trade in the past, but is limited by eco-geographic redundancies. An interdisciplinary research group focuses on the archaeological isotopic landscape of a reference region of outstanding importance, namely the transalpine migration route via the Brenner Pass which has been in use since the Mesolithic. Over the period of several cultural epochs, cremation was either the most common or exclusive burial custom practiced. For the first time, a systematic and large scale investigation of cremated remains was being conducted in the field of prehistoric migration research.87Sr/86Sr, 208Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, 206Pb/204Pb, 208Pb/207Pb, 206Pb/207Pb and - if applicable - also 18O were measured in human and animal skeletal finds, an isotopic map was established, and innovative methods of data mining and similarity research have been applied to accomplish this novel approach to studying prehistoric migration and culture transfer. The book has interdisciplinary appeal and scholars working in bioarchaeology, physical anthropology and computer applications in life sciences will find it of particular interest.

Macroevolution in Human Prehistory - Evolutionary Theory and Processual Archaeology (Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Anna Prentiss, Ian... Macroevolution in Human Prehistory - Evolutionary Theory and Processual Archaeology (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Anna Prentiss, Ian Kuijt, James C Chatters
R4,540 Discovery Miles 45 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Cultural evolution, much like general evolution, works from the assumption that cultures are descendent from much earlier ancestors. Human culture manifests itself in forms ranging from the small bands of hunters, through intermediate scale complex hunter-gatherers and farmers, to the high density urban settlements and complex polities that characterize much of today s world.

The chapters in the volume examine the dynamic interaction between the micro- and macro-scales of cultural evolution, developing a theoretical approach to the archaeological record that has been termed evolutionary processual archaeology. The contributions in this volume integrate positive elements of both evolutionary and processualist schools of thought. The approach, as explicated by the contributors in this work, offers novel insights into topics that include the emergence, stasis, collapse and extinction of cultural patterns, and development of social inequalities. Consequently, these contributions form a stepping off point for a significant new range of cultural evolutionary studies."

Kindred - Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art (Paperback): Rebecca Wragg Sykes Kindred - Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art (Paperback)
Rebecca Wragg Sykes
R368 R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Save R33 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

** WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2021 ** 'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox 'Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.' Yuval Noah Harari Kindred is the definitive guide to the Neanderthals. Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins. Rebecca Wragg Sykes uses her experience at the cutting-edge of Palaeolithic research to share our new understanding of Neanderthals, shoving aside cliches of rag-clad brutes in an icy wasteland. She reveals them to be curious, clever connoisseurs of their world, technologically inventive and ecologically adaptable. Above all, they were successful survivors for more than 300,000 years, during times of massive climatic upheaval. Much of what defines us was also in Neanderthals, and their DNA is still inside us. Planning, co-operation, altruism, craftsmanship, aesthetic sense, imagination, perhaps even a desire for transcendence beyond mortality. Kindred does for Neanderthals what Sapiens did for us, revealing a deeper, more nuanced story where humanity itself is our ancient, shared inheritance.

From Foraging to Farming in the Andes - New Perspectives on Food Production and Social Organization (Hardcover): Tom D Dillehay From Foraging to Farming in the Andes - New Perspectives on Food Production and Social Organization (Hardcover)
Tom D Dillehay
R3,289 Discovery Miles 32 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Archeologists have always considered the beginnings of Andean civilization from ca. 13,000 to 6,000 years ago to be important in terms of the appearance of domesticated plants and animals, social differentiation, and a sedentary lifestyle, but there is more to this period than just these developments. During this period, the spread of crop production and other technologies, kinship-based labor projects, mound-building, and population aggregation formed ever-changing conditions across the Andes. From Foraging to Farming in the Andes proposes a new and more complex model for understanding the transition from hunting and gathering to cultivation. It argues that such developments evolved regionally, were fluid and uneven, and were subject to reversal. This book develops these arguments from a large body of archaeological evidence, collected over 30 years in two valleys in northern Peru, and then places the valleys in the context of recent scholarship studying similar developments around world.

Humans at the End of the Ice Age - The Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition (Hardcover, 1996 ed.): Lawrence Guy... Humans at the End of the Ice Age - The Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
Lawrence Guy Straus, Berit Valentin Eriksen, Jon M. Erlandson, David R. Yesner
R4,686 Discovery Miles 46 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Humans at the End of the Ice Age chronicles and explores the significance of the variety of cultural responses to the global environmental changes at the last glacial-interglacial boundary. Contributions address the nature and consequences of the global climate changes accompanying the end of the Pleistocene epoch-detailing the nature, speed, and magnitude of the human adaptations that culminated in the development of food production in many parts of the world. The text is aided by vital maps, chronological tables, and charts.

Between Worlds - Understanding Ritual Cave Use in Later Prehistory (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Lindsey Buster, Eugene Warmenbol,... Between Worlds - Understanding Ritual Cave Use in Later Prehistory (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Lindsey Buster, Eugene Warmenbol, Dimitrij Mlekuz
R3,901 Discovery Miles 39 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The recent resurgence of academic interest in caves has demonstrated the central roles they played as arenas for ritual, ceremony and performance, and their importance within later prehistoric cosmologies. Caves represent very particular types of archaeological site and require novel approaches to their recording, interpretation and presentation. This is especially true in understanding the ritual use of caves, when the less tangible aspects of these environments would have been fundamental to the practices taking place within them. Between Worlds explores new theoretical frameworks that examine the agency of these enduring 'natural' places and the complex interplay between environment, taphonomy and human activity. It also showcases the application of innovative technologies, such as 3D laser-scanning and acoustic modelling, which provide new and exciting ways of capturing the experiential qualities of these enigmatic sites. Together, these developments offer more nuanced understandings of the role of caves in prehistoric ritual, and allow for more effective communication, management and presentation of cave archaeology to a wide range of audiences.

Prehistoric Archaeology on the Continental Shelf - A Global Review (Hardcover, 2014): Amanda M. Evans, Joseph C. Flatman,... Prehistoric Archaeology on the Continental Shelf - A Global Review (Hardcover, 2014)
Amanda M. Evans, Joseph C. Flatman, Nicholas C. Flemming
R4,043 R3,646 Discovery Miles 36 460 Save R397 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The chapters in this edited volume present multi-disciplinary case studies of prehistoric archaeological sites located on now-submerged portions of the continental shelf. Each chapter represents an extension of the known prehistoric record beyond the modern shoreline. Case studies represent central themes of landscape change, climate change and societal development, using new technologies for mapping, monitoring and managing these sites.

Archaologie Der Westlichen Slawen (Hardcover, Reprint 2020): Sebastian Brather Archaologie Der Westlichen Slawen (Hardcover, Reprint 2020)
Sebastian Brather
R4,338 Discovery Miles 43 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume provides an overview of the present state of knowledge of the archaeology of the Early and High Middle Ages. A comprehensive account is given of the most recent reinterpretations - dendrochronology, interpretations from cultural history and historical modelling. The main focus is on the history of culture, settlement, society and economy of the Western Slavs between the Elbe/Saale and the Vistula. Brief summaries of the historical framework and the history of Slavic Archaeology contextualise these aspects. Access to many detailed questions is provided by a thematically arranged bibliography.

Decolonizing "Prehistory - Deep Time and Indigenous Knowledges in North America (Hardcover): Gesa MacKenthun, Christen Mucher Decolonizing "Prehistory - Deep Time and Indigenous Knowledges in North America (Hardcover)
Gesa MacKenthun, Christen Mucher
R1,932 R1,458 Discovery Miles 14 580 Save R474 (25%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Style and Function - Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology (Hardcover): Teresa D. Hurt, Gordon Rakita Style and Function - Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Archaeology (Hardcover)
Teresa D. Hurt, Gordon Rakita
R2,781 Discovery Miles 27 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The topics of style and function within evolutionary archaeology have been the subject of great debate in the field of archaeology in general over the past two decades. Evolutionary archaeologists have a unique perspective on these concepts-one that has sometimes been misunderstood by archaeologists working within other theoretical perspectives.

The dichotomy between style and function was first formulated in the late 1970s by Robert Dunnell and remains axiomatic within the theoretical perspective of evolutionary archaeology. The original definitions of style and function were grounded in biological evolutionary concepts regarding neutral variation versus variation that is subject to natural selection. Several chapters expand upon these concepts, and explore how Darwinian evolutionary theory may be used to understand the archaeological record. Other chapters demonstrate this application through empirical case studies. Dunnell provides a foreword introducing and re-examining his original thesis.

This volume is the only text devoted to the topic of style and function within the literature of evolutionary archaeology. It provides not only theoretical discussions and augmentation, but also significant historical background regarding the development of the style/function distinction within archaeology. Moreover, it presents several case studies that provide examples of how evolutionary style and function may be applied to the prehistoric record.

The Prehistoric Peoples of Scotland (Hardcover): Stuart Piggott The Prehistoric Peoples of Scotland (Hardcover)
Stuart Piggott
R3,566 Discovery Miles 35 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Based on lectures given at the Conference of the British Summer School of Archaeology at Edinburgh in 1954, this book, published in 1962, surveys the general field of pre-historic Scotland, five archaeologists each contributing chapters discussing the main aspects and problems that have presented themselves in specialised research areas. From the first peopling of the area by human communities with hunting and food-gathering economies, to field antiquities and the introduction of copper and bronze metallurgy and on to the first settlement by Celtic speakers and the links to the first historically documented Scotland. Contributors: R.J.C. Atkinson, G.E. Daniel, T.G.E. Powell and C.A.R. Radford.

Carnac - And Other Megalithic Sites in Southern Brittany (Paperback): Howard Crowhurst Carnac - And Other Megalithic Sites in Southern Brittany (Paperback)
Howard Crowhurst
R178 Discovery Miles 1 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Origins of the World's Mythologies (Hardcover, New): E J Michael Witzel The Origins of the World's Mythologies (Hardcover, New)
E J Michael Witzel
R5,393 Discovery Miles 53 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This remarkable book is the most ambitious work on mythology since that of the renowned Mircea Eliade, who all but single-handedly invented the modern study of myth and religion. Focusing on the oldest available texts, buttressed by data from archeology, comparative linguistics and human population genetics, Michael Witzel reconstructs a single original African source for our collective myths, dating back some 100,000 years. Identifying features shared by this "Out of Africa" mythology and its northern Eurasian offshoots, Witzel suggests that these common myths--recounted by the communities of the "African Eve"--are the earliest evidence of ancient spirituality. Moreover these common features, Witzel shows, survive today in all major religions. Witzel's book is an intellectual hand grenade that will doubtless generate considerable excitement--and consternation--in the scholarly community. Indeed, everyone interested in mythology will want to grapple with Witzel's extraordinary hypothesis about the spirituality of our common ancestors, and to understand what it tells us about our modern cultures and the way they are linked at the deepest level.

Illustrating the Past - Artists' interpretations of ancient places (Paperback): Judith Dobie Illustrating the Past - Artists' interpretations of ancient places (Paperback)
Judith Dobie
R1,079 Discovery Miles 10 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Our understanding of the human past is very limited. The mute evidence from excavation - the dusty pot shards, fragments of bone, slight variations in soil colour and texture - encourages abstraction and detachment. Reconstruction art offers a different way into the past, bringing archaeology to life and at times influencing and informing archaeologist's ideas. At its best it delivers something vivid, vital and memorable. Illustrating the Past explores the history of reconstruction art and archaeology. It looks at how attitudes have swung from the scientific and technical to a freer more imaginative way of seeing and back again. Through the exploration of seven artists' work, the reader is shown how the artist's way of seeing illustrates the past and sometimes how it has changed the way the past is seen. Illustrators working in archaeology are often anonymous and yet the picture that summarises an excavation can be the idea that endures. As well as drawing on her specialist knowledge, Judith Dobie uses conversation and correspondence to build a picture of how these artists' personalities, interests and backgrounds influences their art. Case studies featuring working sketches demonstrate how reconstruction artists deliver understanding and can change the interpretation of a site. This book celebrates and acknowledges reconstruction art within the field of archaeology.

Monumentality in Later Prehistory - Building and Rebuilding Castell Henllys Hillfort (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Harold Mytum Monumentality in Later Prehistory - Building and Rebuilding Castell Henllys Hillfort (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Harold Mytum
R2,953 Discovery Miles 29 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume provides the results of a 30-year excavation, reconstruction, and public interpretation campaign at the late prehistoric inland promontory settlement of Castell Henllys, here focusing on the defensive sequence and the role of monumentality in later prehistory. The site has international significance because of the extensive excavations of the Iron Age palisaded settlement and later earthen ramparts, complex gateway, and chevaux-de-frise of upright stones. It is now widely recognised that the Iron Age consisted of many regional cultural traditions, and the excavations at Castell Henllys provide a vital contrast to the well-known large hillfort communities in other parts of England and Wales as well as across Europe. As such, it is a unique window into a widespread but largely ignored site category and form of social and economic organisation. The publication will provide a case study for the construction and use of the earthworks of a major European late prehistoric settlement type - the Iron Age hillfort; the monumental construction is compared with other communal investments such as the Mississippian mounds. It will also offer an innovative form of site reporting, including alternative interpretations of the earthworks as either military defences or the community-binding symbols. Along with Excavation, Experiment and Heritage Interpretation: Castell Henllys Hillfort Then and Now, these books will be required reading by those studying the late prehistoric archaeology of Britain and Europe at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate level, and by those in North America studying complex societies, monumentality and ways of writing archaeology.

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