Prehistoric Britain

Informed by the latest research and in-depth analysis, Prehistoric Britain provides students and scholars alike with a fascinating overview of the development of human societies in Britain from the Upper Paleolithic to the end of the Iron Age. Offers readers an incisive synthesis and much-needed overview of current research themes Includes essays from leading scholars and professionals who address the very latest trends in current research Explores the interpretive debates surrounding major transitions in British prehistory

List of Figures vii List of Tables x Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgements xv 1 The Construction of Prehistoric Britain 1 Joshua Pollard 2 The British Upper Palaeolithic 18 Paul Pettitt 3 The Mesolithic–Neolithic Transition in Britain 58 Julian Thomas 4 Foodways and Social Ecologies from the Early Mesolithic to the Early Bronze Age 90 Rick Schulting 5 Temporary Spaces in the Mesolithic and Neolithic: Understanding Landscapes 121 Lesley McFadyen 6 The Architecture of Monuments 135 Vicki Cummings 7 Lithic Technology and the Chaîne Opératoire 160 Chantal Conneller 8 How the Dead Live: Mortuary Practices, Memory and the Ancestors in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Britain and Ireland 177 Andrew Jones 9 The Development of an Agricultural Countryside 202 David Field 10 Foodways and Social Ecologies from the Middle Bronze Age to Late Iron Age 225 Jacqui Mulville 11 The Architecture of Routine Life 248 Joanna Brück 12 Later Prehistoric Landscapes and Inhabitation 268 Robert Johnston 13 Ceramic Technologies and Social Relations 288 Ann Woodward 14 Exchange, Object Biographies and the Shaping of Identities, 10,000–1000 B.C. 310 Stuart Needham 15 Identity, Community and the Person in Later Prehistory 330 Melanie Giles Index 351