Europe before Rome : a site-by-site tour of the stone, bronze, and iron ages / T. Douglas Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Price, T. Douglas (Theron Douglas), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Europe--Guidebooks.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Europe--Antiquities--Guidebooks.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title uses the extraordinary archaeology of prehistoric Europe to explore questions about the origins and evolution of human society. The author takes readers on a guided tour through dozens of the most important prehistoric sites on the continent.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Biographical Note; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Frameworks for Europe's Past; Geography and Environment; Geology; Past Climate; Raw Materials; Time and Chronology; A Very Short History of European Archaeology; CHAPTER TWO: The First Europeans; Early Europeans; Atapuerca, Spain, 1.3 Million Years Ago; Boxgrove, England, 500,000 Years Ago; Schöningen, Germany, 400,000 Years Ago; Neanderthals; Krapina, Serbia, 130,000 Years Ago; Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, Germany, 55,000 Years Ago; El Sidrón, Spain, 43,000 Years Ago; Grotte du Renne, France, 40,000 Years Ago

Polished Flint AxesSpiennes, Belgium, 4400 BC; La Draga, Spain, 5000 BC; Arbon-Bleiche 3, Switzerland, 3384 BC; Ötzi, Italy, 3300 BC; The Megaliths of Western Europe; Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, 3200 BC; Stonehenge, England, 3100 BC; Newgrange, Ireland, 3100 BC; Los Millares, Spain, 3200 BC; Hal Saflieni, Malta, 3600 BC; Rock Art: Barranco de la Valtort, Spain, 5500 BC; Some Reflections; CHAPTER FIVE: Bronze Age Warriors; The Rise of Metals; The Bronze Age in the Aegean; Knossos, Crete, Greece, 3000 BC; Akrotiri, Santorini, Greece, 1626 BC; Mykene, Greece, 1600 BC; Uluburun, Turkey, 1300 BC

The Bronze Age North of the AlpsBell Beaker; The Indo-Europeans; Amesbury Archer, England, 2470 BC; Poggiomarino, Italy, 1600 BC; Croce del Papa, Italy, 2150 BC; Nebra, Germany, 1600 BC; Bronze Age Finds; Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Sardinia, Italy, 1800 BC; Borum Eshøj, Denmark, 1350 BC; Bredarör, Sweden, 1000 BC; Salcombe, England, 1000 BC; Flag Fen, England, 1350 BC; Rock Art: Tanum, Sweden, 1500 BC; Some Reflections; CHAPTER SIX: Centers of Power, Weapons of Iron; At the Edge of History; The Celts; The Germans; The Scythians; Making Iron; Biskupin, Poland, 738 BC; The Etruscans

Necropoli della Banditaccia, Italy, 650 BC

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-756326-0

0-19-991471-0

OCLC:

930059744