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Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology

Prehistoric Annals of Scotland (Paperback): Daniel Wilson Prehistoric Annals of Scotland (Paperback)
Daniel Wilson
R1,418 Discovery Miles 14 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Born in Edinburgh, Daniel Wilson (1816 92) planned on becoming a painter and spent time working in Turner's studio. But in 1842 he became secretary of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland and devoted the rest of his life to archaeology, anthropology and university administration. This two-volume work, first published in 1851, brought him to immediate academic attention. Carrying out pioneering work of scientific archaeology, Wilson brought the very word 'prehistoric' into use in English for the first time. And although a devout Christian, he accepted the theory of evolution, unlike many of his contemporaries. Split into four periods, the work is richly illustrated, with many of the illustrations created by the author himself. For this second edition, published in 1863, Wilson updated his work to reflect recent discoveries. Volume 2 continues through the Roman and early Christian periods.

The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland (Paperback): Kenneth Brophy, Gavin MacGregor, Ian B M Ralston The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland (Paperback)
Kenneth Brophy, Gavin MacGregor, Ian B M Ralston
R766 R725 Discovery Miles 7 250 Save R41 (5%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

What was life like in Scotland between 4000 and 2000 BC? Where were people living? How did they treat their dead? Why did they spend so much time building extravagant ritual monuments? What was special about the relationship people had with trees and holes in the ground? What can we say about how people lived in the Neolithic and early Bronze Age of mainland Scotland where much of the evidence we have lies beneath the ploughsoil, or survives as slumped banks and ditches, or ruinous megaliths? Each contribution to this volume presents fresh research and radical new interpretations of the pits, postholes, ditches, rubbish clumps, human remains and broken potsherds left behind by our Neolithic forebears.

Animal Teeth and Human Tools - A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia (Hardcover, New): Christy G. Turner II, Nicolai D.... Animal Teeth and Human Tools - A Taphonomic Odyssey in Ice Age Siberia (Hardcover, New)
Christy G. Turner II, Nicolai D. Ovodov, Olga V. Pavlova
R4,193 Discovery Miles 41 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The culmination of more than a decade of fieldwork and related study, this unique book uses analyses of perimortem taphonomy in Ice Age Siberia to propose a new hypothesis for the peopling of the New World. The authors present evidence based on examinations of more than 9000 pieces of human and carnivore bone from 30 late Pleistocene archaeological and palaeontological sites, including cave and open locations, which span more than 2000 miles from the Ob River in the West to the Sea of Japan in the East. The observed bone damage signatures suggest that the conventional prehistory of Siberia needs revision and, in particular, that cave hyenas had a significant influence on the lives of Ice Age Siberians. The findings are supported by more than 250 photographs, which illustrate the bone damage described and provide a valuable insight into the context and landscape of the fieldwork for those unfamiliar with Siberia.

The Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult and its Mediterranean Relations - With Illustrations from Recent Cretan Finds (Paperback):... The Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult and its Mediterranean Relations - With Illustrations from Recent Cretan Finds (Paperback)
Arthur John Evans
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sir Arthur John Evans (1851 1941), the pioneer of ancient Cretan archaeology, most famously excavated the ruins of Knossos and uncovered the remains of its Bronze Age Minoan civilisation (as detailed in The Palace of Minos at Knossos, also reissued in this series). In this highly illustrated work, first published in 1901, Evans surveys the recent archaeological evidence from his dig at Knossos as well as from other locations around the Mediterranean. He describes a variety of religious objects and symbols, especially those concerned with sacred stones, pillars and trees, which Evans argues are characteristic of religious worship in the Mycenaean period. He considers in particular the importance of the Cretan double-axe symbol, the labrys, its close link with depictions of bulls and its association with the labyrinth of Knossos. Elsewhere he examines the symbolism of the Lion Gate at Mycenae and finds parallels with similar artefacts found in Crete and Egypt.

Cretan Pictographs and Prae-Phoenician Script - With an Account of a Sepulchral Deposit at Hagios Onuphrios near Phaestos in... Cretan Pictographs and Prae-Phoenician Script - With an Account of a Sepulchral Deposit at Hagios Onuphrios near Phaestos in its Relation to Primitive Cretan and Aegean Culture (Paperback)
Arthur John Evans
R895 Discovery Miles 8 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sir Arthur John Evans (1851 1941) famously excavated the ruins of Knossos on Crete and uncovered the remains of its Bronze Age Minoan civilisation (as described in his multi-volume work The Palace of Minos at Knossos, also reissued in this series). But he had already visited the island prior to this: in 1894, during his first trip, he found examples of an ancient pictographic writing system that pre-dated the Phoenician alphabet later adapted by the Greeks. First published in 1895, this work, illustrated with examples throughout, documents and describes these discoveries, and demonstrates that the earliest finds date from a period before even the most ancient known Semitic scripts. Evans also records evidence of later scripts which were subsequently categorised as Linear A and Linear B (only the latter has been deciphered since his death). The final section of the book describes in detail the pottery and other finds from the Hagios Onuphrios deposit.

Prehistoric Annals of Scotland (Paperback): Daniel Wilson Prehistoric Annals of Scotland (Paperback)
Daniel Wilson
R1,476 Discovery Miles 14 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Born in Edinburgh, Daniel Wilson (1816 92) planned on becoming a painter and spent time working in Turner's studio. But in 1842 he became secretary of the Society of Antiquaries in Scotland and devoted the rest of his life to archaeology, anthropology and university administration. This two-volume work, first published in 1851, brought him to immediate academic attention. Carrying out pioneering work of scientific archaeology, Wilson brought the very word 'prehistoric' into use in English for the first time. And although a devout Christian, he accepted the theory of evolution, unlike many of his contemporaries. Split into four periods, the work is richly illustrated, with many of the illustrations created by the author himself. For this second edition, published in 1863, Wilson updated his work to reflect recent discoveries. Volume 1 looks at the earliest human settlers up to the Bronze Age.

The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales (Paperback): Glyn E Daniel The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales (Paperback)
Glyn E Daniel
R1,265 Discovery Miles 12 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1950, this book provides a general survey of what was known about prehistoric chamber tombs in England and Wales at the time of publication, reflecting on discoveries made through the excavation of numerous tombs in the previous fifty years. The text also contains a variety of illustrative figures and an inventory of recognisable burial chambers in the area, with notes on doubtful, disputed and certain vanished sites. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in megalithic tombs and the development of archaeology.

Network Analysis in Archaeology - New Approaches to Regional Interaction (Hardcover): Carl Knappett Network Analysis in Archaeology - New Approaches to Regional Interaction (Hardcover)
Carl Knappett
R5,739 R4,495 Discovery Miles 44 950 Save R1,244 (22%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

While the study of networks has grown exponentially in the past decade and is now having an impact on how archaeologists study ancient societies, its emergence in the field has been dislocated. This volume provides a coherent framework on network analysis in current archaeological practice by pulling together its main themes and approaches to show how it is changing the way archaeologists face the key questions of regional interaction. Working with the term 'network' as a collection of nodes and links, as used in network science and social network analysis, it juxtaposes a range of case studies and investigates the positives and negatives of network analysis. With contributions by leading experts in the field, the volume covers a broad range: from Japan to America, from the Palaeolithic to the Precolumbian.

Prehistoric Man - Researches into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World (Paperback): Daniel Wilson Prehistoric Man - Researches into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World (Paperback)
Daniel Wilson
R1,288 Discovery Miles 12 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Scottish archaeologist and anthropologist Daniel Wilson (1816 92) spent the latter part of his life in Canada. Published in 1862, this is a seminal work in the study of early man in which Wilson utilises studies of native tribes 'still seen there in a condition which seems to reproduce some of the most familiar phases ascribed to the infancy of the unhistoric world'. He believed that civilisations initially developed in mild climates and judged the Mayans to have been the most advanced civilisation in the New World. Twentieth-century anthropologist Bruce Trigger argued that Wilson 'interpreted evidence about human behaviour in a way that is far more in accord with modern thinking than are the racist views of Darwin and Lubbock', and it is in this light that this two-volume work can be judged. Volume 1 covers such important areas as the development and use of metals and 'the architectural instinct'.

Prehistoric Man - Researches into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World (Paperback): Daniel Wilson Prehistoric Man - Researches into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World (Paperback)
Daniel Wilson
R1,227 Discovery Miles 12 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Scottish archaeologist and anthropologist Daniel Wilson (1816 92) spent the latter part of his life in Canada. Published in 1862, this is a seminal work in the study of early man in which Wilson utilises studies of native tribes 'still seen there in a condition which seems to reproduce some of the most familiar phases ascribed to the infancy of the unhistoric world'. He believed that civilisations initially developed in mild climates and judged the Mayans to have been the most advanced civilisation in the New World. Twentieth-century anthropologist Bruce Trigger argued that Wilson 'interpreted evidence about human behaviour in a way that is far more in accord with modern thinking than are the racist views of Darwin and Lubbock', and it is in this light that this two-volume work can be judged. Volume 2 covers topics ranging from ceramic arts to the influence of interbreeding and migration upon civilisations.

Stone Vessels and Values in the Bronze Age Mediterranean (Paperback): Andrew Bevan Stone Vessels and Values in the Bronze Age Mediterranean (Paperback)
Andrew Bevan
R1,039 Discovery Miles 10 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The societies that developed in the eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze Age produced the most prolific and diverse range of stone vessel traditions known at any time or anywhere in the world. Stone vessels are therefore a key class of artefact in the early history of this region. As a form of archaeological evidence, they offer important analytical advantages over other artefact types - virtual indestructibility, a wide range of functions and values, huge variety in manufacturing traditions, as well as the subtractive character of stone and its rich potential for geological provenancing. In this 2007 book, Andrew Bevan considers individual stone vessel industries in great detail. He also offers a highly comparative and value-led perspective on production, consumption and exchange logics throughout the eastern Mediterranean over a period of two millennia during the Bronze Age (ca.3000-1200 BC).

Lithic Technology - Measures of Production, Use and Curation (Paperback): William Andrefsky, Jr Lithic Technology - Measures of Production, Use and Curation (Paperback)
William Andrefsky, Jr
R1,440 Discovery Miles 14 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The life history of stone tools is intimately linked to tool production, use and maintenance. These are important processes in the organization of lithic technology, or the manner in which lithic technology is embedded within human organizational strategies of land use and subsistence practices. This volume brings together essays that measure the life history of stone tools relative to retouch values, raw material constraints and evolutionary processes. Collectively, they explore the association of technological organization with facets of tool form such as reduction sequences, tool production effort, artifact curation processes and retouch measurement. Data sets cover a broad geographic and temporal span, including examples from France during the Paleolithic, the Near East during the Neolithic, and other regions such as Mongolia, Australia, and Italy. North American examples are derived from Paleoindian times to historic period aboriginal populations throughout the United States and Canada.

A Distant Prospect of Wessex: Archaeology and the Past in the Life and Works of Thomas Hardy. (Paperback): Martin, J. P. Davies A Distant Prospect of Wessex: Archaeology and the Past in the Life and Works of Thomas Hardy. (Paperback)
Martin, J. P. Davies
R604 Discovery Miles 6 040 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

If the real Wessex, with its counties, towns, villages and topography, was no mere readily available template upon which Hardy could carve a fictional pattern, Dorchester provided a very different model, though at the level of local colour and detail, Casterbridge really is Dorchester 'by any other name.'' In this study, Martin Davies examines the role which Thomas Hardy's involvement with the past plays in his life and literary work. Hardy's life encompasses the transformation of archaeology out of mere antiquarianism into a fully scientific discipline. Hardy - once described as 'a born archaeologist' - observed this process at first hand, and its impact on his aesthetic and philosophical scheme was profound. Dr Davies' study offers a different route to a fuller understanding of Hardy's novels, poems, and short stories. How much was Hardy concerned with archaeology per se amongst his plethora of interests? How much did he actually know about it? Did his Classical education, architectural training, and visit to Italy impinge on his perception of the mysterious traces of British prehistory and the Roman occupation with which he had grown up? How does reference to archaeology fit in with his overall narrative, aesthetic, and philosophical scheme? These are the questions posed by Martin Davies in his study of the role played by archaeology and the past in the life and works of Thomas Hardy. The answers are far reaching and profound.

Exploring a Terra Incognita on Crete - Recent Research on Bronze Age Habitation in the Southern Ierapetra Isthmus (Paperback):... Exploring a Terra Incognita on Crete - Recent Research on Bronze Age Habitation in the Southern Ierapetra Isthmus (Paperback)
Konstantinos Chalikias, Emilia Oddo
R1,347 Discovery Miles 13 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book brings together for the first time scholars working on the Bronze Age settlement patterns and material culture of the southern Ierapetra Isthmus, a region that actively participated in the coastal and maritime trade networks of East Crete. During the past few decades, while various archaeological projects focused on the northern isthmus, the Ierapetra area remained largely neglected and unknown, a terra incognita. Yet, new excavations at Gaidourophas, Anatoli Stavromenos, Chryssi Island, Bramiana, and the ongoing research at the site of Myrtos Pyrgos are showing that the coastal area of Ierapetra was a vibrant and thriving settlement landscape during the Bronze Age. Far from being simply on the periphery of the major Minoan centers, the southern Ierapetra Isthmus played important roles in the cultural dynamics of Crete. Aiming to be the first building block in the development of an archaeological understanding of the region of the southern Ierapetra Isthmus, this book presents the status of the discipline and indicates future research trajectories.

Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe (Hardcover): Ian Armit Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe (Hardcover)
Ian Armit
R3,290 Discovery Miles 32 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Across Iron Age Europe the human head carried symbolic associations with power, fertility status, gender, and more. Evidence for the removal, curation and display of heads ranges from classical literary references to iconography and skeletal remains. Traditionally, this material has been associated with a Europe-wide 'head-cult', and used to support the idea of a unified Celtic culture in prehistory. This book demonstrates instead how headhunting and head-veneration were practised across a range of diverse and fragmented Iron Age societies. Using case studies from France, Britain and elsewhere, it explores the complex and subtle relationships between power, religion, warfare and violence in Iron Age Europe.

Magicians of the Gods - Evidence for an Ancient Apocalypse (Paperback): Graham Hancock Magicians of the Gods - Evidence for an Ancient Apocalypse (Paperback)
Graham Hancock 1
R466 R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Save R209 (45%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

TV presenter Graham Hancock's multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth's lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with a book filled with completely new, scientific and archaeological evidence, which has only recently come to light... The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. Near the end of the last Ice Age 12,800 years ago, a giant comet that had entered the solar system from deep space thousands of years earlier, broke into multiple fragments. Some of these struck the Earth causing a global cataclysm on a scale unseen since the extinction of the dinosaurs. At least eight of the fragments hit the North American ice cap, while further fragments hit the northern European ice cap. The impacts, from comet fragments a mile wide approaching at more than 60,000 miles an hour, generated huge amounts of heat which instantly liquidized millions of square kilometres of ice, destabilizing the Earth's crust and causing the global Deluge that is remembered in myths all around the world. A second series of impacts, equally devastating, causing further cataclysmic flooding, occurred 11,600 years ago, the exact date that Plato gives for the destruction and submergence of Atlantis. But there were survivors - known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark of civilization burning. They settled at key locations - Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, Baalbek in the Lebanon, Giza in Egypt, ancient Sumer, Mexico, Peru and across the Pacific where a huge pyramid has recently been discovered in Indonesia. Everywhere they went these 'Magicians of the Gods' brought with them the memory of a time when mankind had fallen out of harmony with the universe and paid a heavy price. A memory and a warning to the future... For the comet that wrought such destruction between 12,800 and 11,600 years may not be done with us yet. Astronomers believe that a 20-mile wide 'dark' fragment of the original giant comet remains hidden within its debris stream and threatens the Earth. An astronomical message encoded at Gobekli Tepe, and in the Sphinx and the pyramids of Egypt,warns that the 'Great Return' will occur in our time...

Social Zooarchaeology - Humans and Animals in Prehistory (Hardcover): Nerissa Russell Social Zooarchaeology - Humans and Animals in Prehistory (Hardcover)
Nerissa Russell
R2,618 Discovery Miles 26 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first book to provide a systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, which takes a holistic view of human-animal relations in the past. Until recently, archaeological analysis of faunal evidence has primarily focused on the role of animals in the human diet and subsistence economy. This book, however, argues that animals have always played many more roles in human societies: as wealth, companions, spirit helpers, sacrificial victims, totems, centerpieces of feasts, objects of taboos, and more. These social factors are as significant as taphonomic processes in shaping animal bone assemblages. Nerissa Russell uses evidence derived from not only zooarchaeology, but also ethnography, history and classical studies, to suggest the range of human-animal relationships and to examine their importance in human society. Through exploring the significance of animals to ancient humans, this book provides a richer picture of past societies.

The Bronze Age (Paperback): V. Gordon Childe The Bronze Age (Paperback)
V. Gordon Childe
R969 Discovery Miles 9 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1930, this book provides a detailed account of the Bronze Age, which was intended to take up the story of pre-historic industrial development in North-western Europe from where M. C. Burkitt's Our Early Ancestors left it. Numerous illustrative figures and a comprehensive bibliography are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Bronze Age and the development of technology in general.

Social Zooarchaeology - Humans and Animals in Prehistory (Paperback, New): Nerissa Russell Social Zooarchaeology - Humans and Animals in Prehistory (Paperback, New)
Nerissa Russell
R1,733 Discovery Miles 17 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is the first book to provide a systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, which takes a holistic view of human-animal relations in the past. Until recently, archaeological analysis of faunal evidence has primarily focused on the role of animals in the human diet and subsistence economy. This book, however, argues that animals have always played many more roles in human societies: as wealth, companions, spirit helpers, sacrificial victims, totems, centerpieces of feasts, objects of taboos, and more. These social factors are as significant as taphonomic processes in shaping animal bone assemblages. Nerissa Russell uses evidence derived from not only zooarchaeology, but also ethnography, history and classical studies, to suggest the range of human-animal relationships and to examine their importance in human society. Through exploring the significance of animals to ancient humans, this book provides a richer picture of past societies.

Ancestral Appetites - Food in Prehistory (Paperback): Kristen J. Gremillion Ancestral Appetites - Food in Prehistory (Paperback)
Kristen J. Gremillion
R656 Discovery Miles 6 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the relationship between prehistoric people and their food - what they ate, why they ate it and how researchers have pieced together the story of past foodways from material traces. Contemporary human food traditions encompass a seemingly infinite variety, but all are essentially strategies for meeting basic nutritional needs developed over millions of years. Humans are designed by evolution to adjust our feeding behaviour and food technology to meet the demands of a wide range of environments through a combination of social and experiential learning. In this book, Kristen J. Gremillion demonstrates how these evolutionary processes have shaped the diversification of human diet over several million years of prehistory. She draws on evidence extracted from the material remains that provide the only direct evidence of how people procured, prepared, presented and consumed food in prehistoric times.

Tiryns - The Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns. The Results of the Latest Excavations (Paperback): Heinrich Schliemann Tiryns - The Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns. The Results of the Latest Excavations (Paperback)
Heinrich Schliemann
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Heinrich Schliemann (1822 1890) was a businessman and self-taught archaeologist who is best known for discovering the legendary city of Troy. Inspired by his belief in the veracity of the Homeric poems, Schliemann turned his attention to uncovering other cities mentioned in the Iliad. This volume provides an account in English of his excavations in 1884 1885 at Tiryns, a major Bronze Age city and centre of Mycenaean civilisation. These revealed a palace complex at the site, which was the most complete example of its kind until Evans' excavation of Knossos; examples of Minoan art found at Tiryns were the first demonstration of Mycenaean contact with the Minoan culture of Crete. The topography and history of the site and its artefacts are described, together with detailed discussion of the palace, and a description of Schliemann's controversial excavation methods. This volume remains an important source for the historiography of archaeology.

Prehistoric Rock Art - Polemics and Progress (Hardcover): Paul G. Bahn Prehistoric Rock Art - Polemics and Progress (Hardcover)
Paul G. Bahn
R2,806 Discovery Miles 28 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Prehistoric rock art is the markings paintings, engravings, or pecked images left on rocks or cave walls by ancient peoples. In this book, Paul G. Bahn provides a richly illustrated overview of prehistoric rock art and cave art from around the world. Summarizing the recent advances in our understanding of this extraordinary visual record, he discusses new discoveries, new approaches to recording and interpretation, and current problems in conservation. Bahn focuses in particular on current issues in the interpretation of rock art, notably the shamanic interpretation that has been influential in recent years and that he refutes. This book is based on the Rhind Lectures that the author delivered for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 2006."

Organizing Bronze Age Societies - The Mediterranean, Central Europe, and Scandanavia Compared (Paperback): Timothy Earle,... Organizing Bronze Age Societies - The Mediterranean, Central Europe, and Scandanavia Compared (Paperback)
Timothy Earle, Kristian Kristiansen
R1,118 Discovery Miles 11 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Bronze Age was a formative period in European history when the organisation of landscapes, settlements, and economy reached a new level of complexity. This book presents the first in-depth, comparative study of household economy and settlement in three micro-regions: the Mediterranean (Sicily), Central Europe (Hungary), and Northern Europe (South Scandinavia). The results are based on ten years of fieldwork in a similar method of documentation, and scientific analyses were used in each of the regional studies, making controlled comparisons possible. The new evidence demonstrates how differences in settlement organisation and household economies were counterbalanced by similarities in the organised use of the landscape in an economy dominated by the herding of large flocks of sheep and cattle. This book's innovative theoretical and methodological approaches will be of relevance to all researchers of landscape and settlement history.

Religion in the Emergence of Civilization - Catalhoeyuk as a Case Study (Hardcover): Ian Hodder Religion in the Emergence of Civilization - Catalhoeyuk as a Case Study (Hardcover)
Ian Hodder
R2,243 Discovery Miles 22 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the role of spirituality and religious ritual in the emergence of complex societies. Involving an eminent group of natural scientists, archaeologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and theologians, this volume examines Catalhoeyuk as a case study. A nine-thousand-year old town in central Turkey, Catalhoeyuk was first excavated in the 1960s and has since become integral to understanding the symbolic and ritual worlds of the early farmers and village-dwellers in the Middle East. It is thus an ideal location for exploring theories about the role of religion in early settled life. This book provides a unique overview of current debates concerning religion and its historical variations. Through exploration of themes including the integration of the spiritual and the material, the role of belief in religion, the cognitive bases for religion, and religion's social roles, this book situates the results from Catalhoeyuk within a broader understanding of the Neolithic in the Middle East.

Organizing Bronze Age Societies - The Mediterranean, Central Europe, and Scandanavia Compared (Hardcover): Timothy Earle,... Organizing Bronze Age Societies - The Mediterranean, Central Europe, and Scandanavia Compared (Hardcover)
Timothy Earle, Kristian Kristiansen
R2,381 Discovery Miles 23 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Bronze Age was a formative period in European history when the organisation of landscapes, settlements, and economy reached a new level of complexity. This book presents the first in-depth, comparative study of household economy and settlement in three micro-regions: the Mediterranean (Sicily), Central Europe (Hungary), and Northern Europe (South Scandinavia). The results are based on ten years of fieldwork in a similar method of documentation, and scientific analyses were used in each of the regional studies, making controlled comparisons possible. The new evidence demonstrates how differences in settlement organisation and household economies were counterbalanced by similarities in the organised use of the landscape in an economy dominated by the herding of large flocks of sheep and cattle. This book's innovative theoretical and methodological approaches will be of relevance to all researchers of landscape and settlement history.

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