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Exploring Prehistoric Europe
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Author : Christopher Scarre
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1998
Exploring Prehistoric Europe written by Christopher Scarre and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Antiquities, Prehistoric categories.
The first volume in the Places in Time series, this beautiful book takes us to locales both famous and obscure, from Ireland to Poland to Malta, ranging chronologically from Terra Amata, a site in southern France occupied some 380,000 years ago, to Borremose, a Danish settlement that dates to Roman times. For each location, the author conducts a careful tour of the existing remains, describes the history of its excavation, and then interprets how the site might have been built, used, or occupied.
Exploring Prehistoric Identity In Europe
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Author : Victoria Ginn
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2014-03-19
Exploring Prehistoric Identity In Europe written by Victoria Ginn and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-19 with History categories.
Identity is relational and a construct, and is expressed in a myriad of ways. For example, material culture and its pluralist meanings have been readily manipulated by humans in a prehistoric context in order to construct personal and group identities. Artefacts were often from or reminiscent of far-flung places and were used to demonstrate membership of an (imagined) regional, or European community. Earthworks frequently archive maximum visual impact through elaborate ramparts and entrances with the minimum amount of effort, indicating that the construction of identities were as much in the eye of the perceivor, as of the perceived. Variations in domestic architectural style also demonstrate the malleability of identity, and the prolonged, intermittent use of particular places for specific functions indicates that the identity of place is just as important in our archaeological understanding as the identity of people. By using a wide range of case studies, both temporally and spatially, these thought processes may be explored further and diachronic and geographic patterns in expressions of identity investigated.
Exploring Prehistoric Identity In Europe
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Author : Victoria Ginn
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2014-03-19
Exploring Prehistoric Identity In Europe written by Victoria Ginn and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-19 with History categories.
Identity is relational and a construct, and is expressed in a myriad of ways. For example, material culture and its pluralist meanings have been readily manipulated by humans in a prehistoric context in order to construct personal and group identities. Artefacts were often from or reminiscent of far-flung places and were used to demonstrate membership of an (imagined) regional, or European community. Earthworks frequently archive maximum visual impact through elaborate ramparts and entrances with the minimum amount of effort, indicating that the construction of identities were as much in the eye of the perceivor, as of the perceived. Variations in domestic architectural style also demonstrate the malleability of identity, and the prolonged, intermittent use of particular places for specific functions indicates that the identity of place is just as important in our archaeological understanding as the identity of people. By using a wide range of case studies, both temporally and spatially, these thought processes may be explored further and diachronic and geographic patterns in expressions of identity investigated.
Exploring Megalithic Europe
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Author : Julian Heath
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2019-11-15
Exploring Megalithic Europe written by Julian Heath and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-15 with Social Science categories.
Abundant prehistoric remains survive in the wide landscapes of Europe, but none are arguably as fascinating or awe-inspiring as the “megalithic” (after the Greek megas: great, and lithos: stone) monuments built by the people who lived here during the three hugely important periods of European prehistory known respectively as the Neolithic, the Copper Age, and the Bronze Age. These huge, prehistoric stone structures can still be found scattered in their thousands across Europe and provide a tentative but evocative link to their builders, and to Europe’s distant past. From the Mediterranean islands to the colder climes of Scandinavia, Exploring Megalithic Europe takes readers to many European countries, examining both famous and lesser-known megalithic monuments and looking at what insights these remarkable reminders of prehistoric life may provide into the ancient communities responsible for their construction.
Prehistoric Europe
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Author : Timothy Champion
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-06-16
Prehistoric Europe written by Timothy Champion and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-16 with History categories.
The study of European prehistory has been revolutionized in recent years by the rapid growth rate of archeological discovery, advances in dating methods and the application of scientific techniques to archaeological material and new archaeological aims and frameworks of interpretation. Whereas previous work concentrated on the recovery and description of material remains, the main focus is now on the reconstruction of prehistoric societies and the explanation of their development. This volume provides that elementary and comprehensive synthesis of the new discoveries and the new interpretations of European prehistory. After and introductory chapter on the geographical setting and the development of prehistoric studies in Europe, the text is divided chronologically into nine chapters. Each one describes, with numerous maps, plans and drawings, the relevant archaeological data, and proceeds to a discussion of the societies they represent. Particular attention is paid to the major themes of recent prehistoric research, especially subsistence economy, trade, settlement, technology and social organization.
Ritual And Domestic Life In Prehistoric Europe
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Author : Richard Bradley
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2005
Ritual And Domestic Life In Prehistoric Europe written by Richard Bradley and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
This fascinating study explores how our prehistoric ancestors developed rituals from everyday life and domestic activities. This book examines farming, craft production and the occupation of houses, which were all ritualized in prehistoric Europe.
Europe Before Rome
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Author : T. Douglas Price
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-28
Europe Before Rome written by T. Douglas Price and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-28 with History categories.
Europe before Rome uses the extraordinary archaeology of prehistoric Europe to explore questions about the origins and evolution of human society
Europe Before Rome
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Author : Theron Douglas Price
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Europe Before Rome written by Theron Douglas Price and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Antiquities, Prehistoric categories.
This book provides a rich portrait of prehistoric Europe, from the arrival of the first humans 1.3 million years ago to the Iron Age settlements that resisted Rome's southern advance. The author takes readers on a tour of more than sixty prominent sites in Europe's prehistoric past.
Prehistoric Europe
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Prehistoric Europe written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with categories.
Handbook To Life In Prehistoric Europe
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Author : Jane McIntosh
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2009
Handbook To Life In Prehistoric Europe written by Jane McIntosh and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
What we know of prehistoric Europe stems from archeological finds, ranging from cave paintings to the frozen body of a hunter exposed by a retreating glacier. This means that our knowledge is largely of the ordinary individual - the hunter-gatherer, farmer, or Metallurgist - rather than ofkings. In this intriguing book, Jane McIntosh gathers the results of recent archaeological discoveries and scholarly research, covering all aspects of life in prehistoric Europe: the geography of the continent, economy, settlement, trade, transport, industry and crafts, religion, death and burial,warfare, language, the arts, and more. Throughout, McIntosh stresses the lives lived by the majority, rather than the privileged elite (as is so often the case in recorded history). Not that evidence of the latter is lacking: exquisite jewelry, elaborately woven cloth, and finely wrought weaponstell us a great deal about the rulers of this lost world. Including more than 75 illustrations and maps, the Handbook to Life in Prehistoric Europe provides an accessible introduction to the 7000-year period that immediately preceded the Roman Empire.