Prehistoric Europe

Andrew Jones is currently a lecturer in archaeology at the University of Southampton. He is the author of several books including Archaeological Theory and Scientific Practice (2001).

"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

• List of Figures and Tables viiNotes on Contributors xiPreface xvIntroduction 1Andrew Jones1 Frameworks for the Analysis of European Prehistory 14Introduction 14(a) Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers? 16Mark Pluciennik(b) The Celts as ‘Grand Narrative’ 35John Collis2 Landscape and Place 54Introduction 54(a) From Monuments in Landscape to Landscapes in Monuments: Monuments, Death and Landscape in Early Bronze Age Scandinavia 56Joakim Goldhahn(b) Everything in its Right Place? On Selective Deposition, Landscape and the Construction of Identity in Later Prehistory 86David Fontijn3 The Living House – Architecture, the Everyday and the Human Lifecycle 107Introduction 107(a) First Households and ‘House Societies’ in European Prehistory 109Dušan Borić(b) Domestic Times: Houses and Temporalities in Late Prehistoric Europe 143Fokke Gerritsen4 Materiality, Technology and Transformation – The Emergence of Novel Technologies 162Introduction 162(a) The Emergence of Pottery 164Dragos Gheorghiu(b) The Emergence of Metalworking 193Barbara S. Ottaway and Ben Roberts5 Death, Remembrance and the Past 226Introduction 226(a) Engaging Memories of European Prehistory 228Katina T. Lillios(b) The Past in Later Prehistory 255Bryan Hanks6 Identity, Community, the Body and the Person 285Introduction 285(a) Neolithic Bodies 287Daniela Hofmann and Alasdair Whittle(b) Bodies and Identities in the Scandinavian Late Iron Age 312Ing-Marie Back Danielsson7 Interaction, Trade and Exchange 330Introduction 330(a) Approaches to Trade and Exchange in Earlier Prehistory (Late Mesolithic–Early Bronze Age) 333John Chapman(b) Trade and Exchange in Later Prehistory 356Peter Wells Index 373