| Mesolithic Europe Contributor(s): Bailey, Geoff (Editor), Spikins, Penny (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521147972 ISBN-13: 9780521147972 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $65.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Europe - General - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 936 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.9" W x 9.9" (2.20 lbs) 500 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Prehistoric - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book focuses on the archaeology of the hunter-gatherer societies that inhabited Europe in the millennia between the Last Ice Age and the spread of agriculture, between 10,000 and 5,000 years ago. Traditionally viewed as a period of cultural stagnation, new data now demonstrate that this was a period of radical change and innovation. This was the period that witnessed the colonization of extensive new territory at high latitudes and high altitudes following postglacial climatic change, the development of seafaring, and the synthesis of the technological, economic, and social capabilities that underpinned the later development of agricultural and urban societies. |
Contributor Bio(s): Spikins, Penny: - Penny Spikins is Lecturer in Prehistory in the Department of Archaeology, University of York. She has published on a broad range of topics in prehistoric archaeology and directed the West Yorkshire Mesolithic Project and the Searching for Submerged Sites Project in Northern England, and has carried out research in Argentina.Bailey, Geoff: - Geoff Bailey is Anniversary Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. He has published widely on a variety of topics in prehistory, including the major monograph on Klithi: Paleolithic Settlement and Quaternary Landscapes in Northwest Greece. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists. |