From sickles to circles : Britain and Ireland at the time of Stonehenge /
The years 4000-1000 BC form a fascinating period in the history of these islands - one that saw major changes in the way people led their lives and conducted their relationships with each other and with the Otherworld. It was also a period in which prehistoric Britain and Ireland were at their close...
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| Language: | English |
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Stroud [England] :
Tempus,
2004
Stroud, [England] : 2004 Stroud [England] : 2004 |
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| Summary: | The years 4000-1000 BC form a fascinating period in the history of these islands - one that saw major changes in the way people led their lives and conducted their relationships with each other and with the Otherworld. It was also a period in which prehistoric Britain and Ireland were at their closest "In a volume that draws on the expertise of over 20 leading Neolithic and Bronze Age scholars, the rich and complex variety of Neolithic Britain and Ireland is reflected in studies that range from megaliths, Scottish passage-graves and chambered cairns in Orkney to hostilities in early Neolithic Ireland and flintwork in Northern Ireland. The Bronze Age section is headed by a wide-ranging review of Beaker burials and concludes with a review of 40 years of Bronze Age chronologies. Between lie a series of chapters dealing with Bronze Age artefacts and their use in funerary contexts, and a critical evaluation of the dating evidence for the circle henge tradition in Ireland."--Jacket Alex Gibson is Reader in British Prehistory at the University of Bradford. He is the author of Stonehenge and Timber Circles and Prehistoric Pottery in Britain and Ireland. His co-editor Alison Sheridan, who has published extensively on the Neolithic and Bronze Age of Ireland and Scotland, is Assistant Keeper of Archaeology at the National Museums of Scotland In a volume that draws on the expertise of over 20 leading Neolithic and Bronze Age scholars, the rich and complex variety of Neolithic Britain and Ireland is reflected in studies that range from megaliths, Scottish passage-graves and chambered cairns in Orkney to hostilities in early Neolithic Ireland and flintwork in Northern Ireland. The Bronze Age section is headed by a wide-ranging review of Beaker burials and concludes with a review of 40 years of Bronze Age chronologies. Between lie a series of chapters dealing with Bronze Age artefacts and their use in funerary contexts, and a critical evaluation of the dating evidence for the circle henge tradition in Ireland |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 383 p. : ill. ; 25 cm 383 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm 383 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0752429027 (pbk.) 0752429027 |