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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163909503321

Autore

Noble Gordon

Titolo

Woodland in the Neolithic of Northern Europe : the forest as ancestor / / Gordon Noble [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-316-71923-5

1-316-72283-X

1-316-72343-7

1-316-67200-X

1-316-72403-4

1-316-72643-6

1-316-72463-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

SOC003000

Disciplina

936.8

Soggetti

Neolithic period - Europe, Northern

Agriculture, Prehistoric - Europe, Northern

Forests and forestry - Europe, Northern

Europe, Northern Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Apr 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction: engaging with the environment; 2. The forest in the Neolithic of northern Europe; 3. Altering the environment; 4. The woodland landscape; 5. The forest as architecture; 6. The environment as ancestor: timber monumentality; 7. Extending roots: conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Neolithic period is one of the great transformations in human history - when agriculture first began and dramatic changes occurred in human society. These changes occurred in environments that were radically different to those that exist today, and in northern Europe many landscapes would have been dominated by woodland. Yet wood and woodland rarely figures in the minds of many archaeologists, and it plays no part in the traditional Three Age system that has defined the frameworks of European prehistory. This book explores how human-



environment relations altered with the beginnings of farming, and how the Neolithic in northern Europe was made possible through new ways of living in and understanding the environment. Drawing on a broad range of evidence, from pollen data and stone axes to the remains of timber monuments and settlements, the book analyzes the relationship between people, their material culture, and their woodland environment.