Interdigitating pasts: the Irish and Scottish Neolithics
Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Sheridan, J A
Date published
2017
Abstract
The Neolithic of Europe comprises eighteen specially commissioned papers on prehistoric archaeology, written by leading international scholars. The coverage is broad, ranging geographically from south-east Europe to Britain and Ireland and chronologically from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, but with a decided focus on the former. Several papers discuss new scientific approaches to key questions in Neolithic research, while others offer interpretive accounts of aspects of the archaeological record. Thematically, the main foci are on Neolithisation; the archaeology of Neolithic daily life, settlements and subsistence; as well as monuments and aspects of worldview. A number of contributions highlight the recent impact of techniques such as isotopic analysis and statistically modelled radiocarbon dates on our understanding of mobility, diet, lifestyles, events and historical processes. The volume is presented to celebrate the enormous impact that Alasdair Whittle has had on the study of prehistory, especially the European and British Neolithic, and his rich career in archaeology.
Book title
The Neolithic of Europe. Papers in Honour of Alasdair Whittle
Editor
Bickle, Penny
Cummings, Vicki
Hofmann, Daniela
Pollard, J
Pagination
298-313
Publisher
Oxbow
Place of publication
Oxford