The Mesolithic in Britain : landscape and society in times of change / Chantal Conneller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conneller, Chantal, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge archaeology of Northern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mesolithic period--Great Britain.

Mesolithic period.

Great Britain--Antiquities.

Great Britain.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xiv, 474 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

Summary:

"The Mesolithic in Britain proposes a new division of the Mesolithic period into four parts, each with its distinct character. The Mesolithic has previously been seen as timeless, where little changed over thousands of years. This new synthesis draws on advances in scientific dating to understand the Mesolithic inhabitation of Britain as a historical process. The period was, in fact, a time of profound change: houses, monuments, middens, long term use of sites and regions, manipulation of the environment and the symbolic deposition of human and animal remains all emerged as significant practices in Britain for the first time. The book describes the lives of the first pioneers in the early Mesolithic; the emergence of new modes of inhabitation in the Middle Mesolithic; the regionally diverse settlement of the late Mesolithic; and the radical changes of the final millennium of the period. The first synthesis of Mesolithic Britain since 1932, it takes both a chronological and a regional approach. This will serve as an essential text for anyone studying the period: undergraduate and graduate students, specialists in the field and community archaeology groups"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Hunting and gathering time: Chronological frameworks and key themes

2. Pioneers in the north: Preboreal and Early Boreal settlement, 9500

8200 BC

3. The Early Mesolithic colonisation of the South: Deepcar and the Early Boreal Mesolithic, 9300

4. A new way of living: Pits, hazelnuts, places and the ancestors in the Middle Mesolithic, 8200

7000 BC

5. The forgotten people: The Late Mesolithic, 7000

5000 BC

6. The last hunters: The Final Mesolithic, 5000

4000 BC.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Conneller, Chantal. Mesolithic in Britain

ISBN:

9781138790438

1138790435

9781138790421

1138790427

OCLC:

1269100403

Publisher Number:

99989345420