Prehistoric Europe

Introduction: Andrew Jones (University of Southampton).
 
Chapter 1: Frameworks for the Analysis of European Prehistory:.
 
1.1: Hunter-gatherers to Farmers: Mark Pluciennik (University of Leicester).
 
1.2: Ethnicity and the Problem of the Celts: John Collis (Sheffield University).
 
Chapter 2: Landscape and Place:.
 
2.1: Earlier Prehistoric Landscapes: Joakim Goldhahn (University of Umea, Sweden).
 
2.2: Later Prehistoric Landscapes: David Fontijn (Leiden University).
 
Chapter 3: The Living House -Architecture, the Everyday and the Human Life Cycle:.
 
3.1: Earlier Prehistoric Architecture: Dusan Boric (University of Cambridge).
 
3.2: Later Prehistoric Architecture: Fokke Gerritsen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
 
Chapter 4: Materiality, Technology and Transformation:.
 
4.1: The Emergence of Pottery: Dragos Gheorghiu.
 
4.2: The Emergence of Metalworking: Barbara Ottaway and Ben Roberts (University of Sheffield and British Museum).
 
Chapter 5: Death, Remembrance and the Past:.
 
5.1:The Past in Earlier Prehistory: Katina Lillios (University of Iowa).
 
5.2: The Past in Later Prehistory: Brian Hanks (University of Pittsburgh).
 
Chapter 6: Identity, Community the Body and the Person:.
 
6.1: Earlier Prehistory: Alasdair Whittle and Daniela Hoffman (both Cardiff University).
 
6.2: Later Prehistory: Ing-Marie Back Danielsson (Stockholm University).
 
Chapter 7: Interaction, Trade and Exchange:.
 
7.1: Approaches to Trade and Exchange in Earlier Prehistory: John Chapman (Durham University).
 
7.2: Trade and Exchange in Later Prehistory/Interactions between Polities of Differing Size and Scale: Peter Wells (University of Minnesota)

Andrew Jones earned a Ph.D. at the University of Glasgow and is currently a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Southampton. He is the author of several books including Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice.

"Extensive and current bibliographies and illustrations accompany the highly stimulating discussions. [This is] Clearly a volume for colleges and universities with programs in archaeology and anthropology." ( CHOICE, December 2009)

"This edited volume provides a welcome break from the traditional chronological approach to European prehistory. Important disciplinary themes are addressed here in innovative ways by a group of scholars with active field projects as well as impressive publication records."
Bettina Arnold, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

"An impressive compilation of papers which successfully combines novel and theoretical approaches with detailed regional studies. Jones has assembled a galaxy of leading scholars to produce an authoritative overview of key themes and subjects within European prehistory, from the Iron Gates Mesolithic to Iron Age Scandinavia."
Chris Scarre, University of Durham

"Massive amounts of new information exist from all periods of prehistoric Europe and older frameworks of interpretation are increasingly inadequate to the task of making sense of these. Prehistoric Europe brings together a wide range of approaches which show exciting possibilities for novel ways of understanding the past. It is a book to be debated and argued with - I am sure new insights will result."
Chris Gosden, University of Oxford