Europe in the Neolithic : the creation of new worlds / Alasdair Whittle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whittle, A. W. R.

Contributor:

Whittle, A. W. R.

Series:

Cambridge world archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neolithic period--Europe.

Neolithic period.

Europe.

Prehistoric peoples--Europe.

Prehistoric peoples.

Europe--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xv, 443 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Summary:

Dr. Whittle reviews the latest archaeological evidence on Neolithic Europe from 7000 to 2500 BC. Describing important areas, sites and problems, he addresses the major themes that have engaged the attention of scholars: the transition from a forager lifestyle; the rate and dynamics of change; and the nature of Neolithic society. He challenges conventional views, arguing that Neolithic society was rooted in the values and practices of its forager, predecessors right across the continent. The processes of settling down and adopting farming were piecemeal and slow. Only gradually did new attitudes emerge, to time and the past, to the sacred realms of ancestors and the dead, to nature and to the concept of community. Unique in its broad and up-to-date coverage of long-term processes of change on a continental scale, this completely rewritten and revised version of Whittle's Neolithic Europe: a survey reflects radical changes in the evidence and in interpretative approaches over the past decade.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of Neolithic Europe, 1985.

Related Work:

Whittle, A. W. R. Neolithic Europe.

ISBN:

0521444764

0521449200

OCLC:

32510827