Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to the range of critical contemporary thinking in the study of European prehistory.
Presents essays by some of the most dynamic researchers and leading European scholars in the field today
Ranges from the Neolithic period to the early stages of the Iron Age, and from Ireland and Scandinavia to the Urals and the Iberian Peninsula
List of Figures and Tables vii
Notes on Contributors xi
Preface xv
Introduction 1
Andrew Jones
1 Frameworks for the Analysis of European Prehistory 14
Introduction 14
(a) Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers? 16
Mark Pluciennik
(b) The Celts as 'Grand Narrative' 35
John Collis
2 Landscape and Place 54
Introduction 54
(a) From Monuments in Landscape to Landscapes in Monuments: Monuments, Death and Landscape in Early Bronze Age Scandinavia 56
Joakim Goldhahn
(b) Everything in its Right Place? On Selective Deposition, Landscape and the Construction of Identity in Later Prehistory 86
David Fontijn
3 The Living House - Architecture, the Everyday and the Human Lifecycle 107
Introduction 107
(a) First Households and 'House Societies' in European Prehistory 109
Dušan Boric
(b) Domestic Times: Houses and Temporalities in Late Prehistoric Europe 143
Fokke Gerritsen
4 Materiality, Technology and Transformation - The Emergence of Novel Technologies 162
Introduction 162
(a) The Emergence of Pottery 164
Dragos Gheorghiu
(b) The Emergence of Metalworking 193
Barbara S. Ottaway and Ben Roberts
5 Death, Remembrance and the Past 226
Introduction 226
(a) Engaging Memories of European Prehistory 228
Katina T. Lillios
(b) The Past in Later Prehistory 255
Bryan Hanks
6 Identity, Community, the Body and the Person 285
Introduction 285
(a) Neolithic Bodies 287
Daniela Hofmann and Alasdair Whittle
(b) Bodies and Identities in the Scandinavian Late Iron Age 312
Ing-Marie Back Danielsson
7 Interaction, Trade and Exchange 330
Introduction 330
(a) Approaches to Trade and Exchange in Earlier Prehistory (Late Mesolithic-Early Bronze Age) 333
John Chapman
(b) Trade and Exchange in Later Prehistory 356
Peter Wells
Index 373
