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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955330003321

Autore

Thomas Julian <1959->

Titolo

Understanding the Neolithic / / Julian Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London [Eng.] ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, c1999

ISBN

1-134-62142-6

1-134-62143-4

1-280-33062-7

0-203-25477-5

0-203-06956-0

Edizione

[Rev. 2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomasJulian <1959->

Disciplina

936.101

Soggetti

Neolithic period - Great Britain

Neolithic period - England

Archaeology - Philosophy

Great Britain Antiquities

England Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Originally published as: Rethinking the Neolithic.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface to the second edition; AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF DIFFERENCE; BEYOND THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM; READING MONUMENTS; PITS, POTS AND DIRT: A GENEALOGY OF DEPOSITIONAL PRACTICES; PORTABLE ARTEFACTS: THE CASE OF POTTERY; MORTUARY PRACTICE; REGIONAL SEQUENCES: THE STONEHENGE AREA; REGIONAL SEQUENCES: THE UPPER THAMES VALLEY; REGIONAL SEQUENCES: THE AVEBURY DISTRICT; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book employs contemporary theoretical perspectives to investigate the Neolithic period in southern britain. It is a fully reworked edition of the author's Rethinking the Neolithic (1991).