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"This book developed from discussions following the 2012 In Dialogue: Tradition and Interaction in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition conference held in Manchester, UK. This conference provided a forum to compare not only the processes through which material innovations were adopted and elaborated during the Early Neolithic, but also the ways in which these processes have been understood and represented within the respective archaeological research traditions. The book examines the developments that followed the introduction of farming into Britain and Southern Scandinavia (Denmark and Southern Sweden). Contributors to the volume discuss the idiosyncratic social and cultural patterns that emerged at this pivotal period. An overarching narrative is woven by scholars from both regions who seamlessly integrate material culture, dwelling practices, controversial theory and ritual activities into a detailed image of the changing world of the early Neolithic in North-West Europe. Through a theoretically informed approach, the relationship between material culture, subsistence regimes, monumentality, ceremonial activity and social relations is explored. The process in which people became 'Neolithic' is complex and required changes not just in subsistence but in every facet of their lives; this is what this book wishes to investigate. By leaving the traditional colonization and adoption debate for a more nuanced approached, an intricate cultural tapestry can be woven. From their organisation of the landscape to their place in the world, things were fundamentally altered: this is where the authors of this book focus their attention. This is a regionally focused, theoretically and methodologically complementary set of papers by specialists who offer a comprehensive and authoritative overview of different aspects of this fundamental transition. 5pt;line-height:115%; font-family:""Verdana"",sans-serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>"

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Author:   Jolene Debert ,  Mats Larsson ,  Julian Thomas
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Volume:   2809
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9781407314785

ISBN 10:   1407314785
Pages:   100
Publication Date:   30 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface Section 1: The House 1 HOUSE SOCIETIES AND THE BEGINNING OF THE BRITISH NEOLITHIC Julian Thomas 2 THE EMPTY HOUSE: EARLY NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT STRUCTURE IN SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIA Mats Larsson 3 WHEN ARTEFACTS CAN'T SPEAK: TOWARDS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF BRITISH EARLY NEOLITHIC TIMBER STRUCTURES Jolene Debert Section 2: Monumentality 4 CONSTRUCTED OR CONCEIVED LANDSCAPES - SOME THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT OF HUMAN EXPERIENCES IN THE NEOLITHIC, AND HISTORIC LANDSCAPES Anna-Karin Andersson 5 NEOLITHISATION AND INTRODUCTION OF CAUSEWAYED ENCLOSURES. TWO STRUCTURALLY RELATED PROCESSES Lutz Klassen Setion 3: Materiality 6 BOTH ARTEFACT AND PHENOMENON: A MATERIAL APPROACH TO ENGAGEMENTS WITH FIRE IN THE LATE MESOLITHIC OF BRITAIN Ellen McInnes 7 POTS IN CONTEXT: ASPECTS ON POTTERY PRODUCTION AND USE IN THE EARLY NEOLITHIC FUNNEL BEAKER (TRB) CULTURE ON OLAND, SE SWEDEN Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay, Ole Stilborg, Anders Lindahl and Sven Isaksson Section 4: The Transition 8 TIMING AND PROCESS IN THE FIFTH AND EARLY FOURTH MILLENNIUM CAL BC Frances Healy 9 LATE MESOLITHIC-EARLY NEOLITHIC IN SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIA: TRADITION AND INTERACTION T. Douglas Price 10 IN DIALOGUE: FROM SOCIAL ANALYSIS TO EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONCERNS Irene Garcia-Rovira5pt;font-family:""Verdana"",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana'>"

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Dr Jolene Debert is a Faculty Member at the Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada. Mats Larsson is a Professor of Archaeology at the Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden. Julian Thomas is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Contributors: Anna-Karin Andersson, Jolene Debert, Irene Garcia-Rovira, Frances Healy, Sven Isaksson, Lutz Klassen, Mats Larsson, Anders Lindahl, Ellen McInnes, Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay, T. Douglas Price, Ole Stilborg, Julian Thomas.

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