Beyond the core : reflections on regionality in prehistory / edited by Andy M. Jones and Graeme Kirkham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Andy M.

Kirkham, Graeme.

Theoretical Archaeology Group (England)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Great Britain--Congresses.

Archaeology.

Great Britain--Antiquities--Congresses.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores the idea of regionally-based archaeologies across the British Isles which are not necessarily defined by modern political boundaries or through comparisons with regions such as Wessex and Orkney. In the past these intensively studied areas have often been assumed to represent the 'typical' - other areas with apparently different narratives have generally been labelled 'peripheral' and their diversity and distinctiveness overlooked. Assumptions about these core-based models have been challenged, especially by archaeologists in Ireland and Scotland and to some extent Wales.

Contents:

Regionality in prehistory : some thoughts from the periphery / Andy M. Jones

Borders and belonging : exploring the Neolithic of the Anglo-Welsh borderland / David Mullin

Moving on in landscape studies : goodbye Wessex, hello German bight? / David Field

Pattern, perception and preconception : recognising regionality in Scottish prehistory / Strat Haliday

Scale and senses of belonging : thinking about regionality in the Neolithic of the Irish sea zone / Vicki Cummings

Social and geographical scale : regionality and the Cumbrian stone circles / Helen Evans

Islandscapes and standing stones : homogeneity and difference / Joanna Wright

The alien within : the forgotten sub-cultures of Early Bronze Age Wessex / Andrew Martin

The Botrea Barrow group: regional identity in Early Bronze Age Cornwall / Andy M. Jones

Into the West : placing beakers within their Irish contexts / Neil Carlin

Something different at the Land's End / Graeme Kirkham

Any questions? / Richard Bradley.

Notes:

This book arose from a session at the Theoretical Archaeological Group conference, which was held in December 2006 at the University of Exeter.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781842175903

1842175904

OCLC:

831118188