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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819573203321

Autore

Lillie Malcolm

Titolo

Hunters, fishers and foragers in Wales : towards a social narrative of Mesolithic lifeways / / Malcolm Lillie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; Havertown, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78297-975-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Disciplina

936.2/9

Soggetti

Mesolithic period - Wales

Wales Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Introduction; Chapter 1: Setting the scene: the Palaeolithic and the Late-glacial of Britain, adaptation and subsistence in a changing environment; Chapter 2: The view from the hills: sea level rise, post-glacial climate change, landscape change and changing environments; Chapter 3: Tools of the trade: post-glacial tool-kits, their use and their significance; Chapter 4: Coming home to a real fire: landscape utilisation and settlement patterning

Chapter 5: Food for thought: subsistence strategies and economic activityChapter 6: The living and the dead: ritual aspects of Mesolithic life; Chapter 7: The end is in sight: the adoption of new resources and the shift from hunting and gathering towards the integration and exploitation of domesticated animals and plants in subsistence strategies; Epilogue; References; Appendix