John C. Barrett is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has published widely on prehistoric archaeology and his research focuses on the archaeology of the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Britain and Europe and archaeological theory.Michael J. Boyd is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is co-director of excavations on Keros and co-editor of the Keros publications series. He has published a book on Mycenaean funerary practices, and has co-edited two collected volumes on funerary practices.

The scholarship of this volume is high quality, and the bibliography is substantial and up-to-date, an especially impressive feat considering the range of examples used here.

• List of IllustrationsPreface by Colin RenfrewIntroduction Chapter One: Archaeological approaches to Stonehenge Chapter Two: The emergence of an Aegean civilisation Chapter Three: Living with Things - The Politics of Identity Chapter Four: Things that mattered - Identity in the production, exchange and use of materialsChapter Five: Places that mattered - Movement and belongingChapter Six: Bodies that Mattered - The role of the dead Chapter Seven: Conclusion References Index

John C. Barrett is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has published widely on prehistoric archaeology and his research focuses on the archaeology of the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Britain and Europe and archaeological theory.Michael J. Boyd is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is co-director of excavations on Keros and co-editor of the Keros publications series. He has published a book on Mycenaean funerary practices, and has co-edited two collected volumes on funerary practices.

The scholarship of this volume is high quality, and the bibliography is substantial and up-to-date, an especially impressive feat considering the range of examples used here.

• List of IllustrationsPreface by Colin RenfrewIntroduction Chapter One: Archaeological approaches to Stonehenge Chapter Two: The emergence of an Aegean civilisation Chapter Three: Living with Things - The Politics of Identity Chapter Four: Things that mattered - Identity in the production, exchange and use of materialsChapter Five: Places that mattered - Movement and belongingChapter Six: Bodies that Mattered - The role of the dead Chapter Seven: Conclusion References Index

John C. Barrett is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has published widely on prehistoric archaeology and his research focuses on the archaeology of the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Britain and Europe and archaeological theory.Michael J. Boyd is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is co-director of excavations on Keros and co-editor of the Keros publications series. He has published a book on Mycenaean funerary practices, and has co-edited two collected volumes on funerary practices.

The scholarship of this volume is high quality, and the bibliography is substantial and up-to-date, an especially impressive feat considering the range of examples used here.

• List of IllustrationsPreface by Colin RenfrewIntroduction Chapter One: Archaeological approaches to Stonehenge Chapter Two: The emergence of an Aegean civilisation Chapter Three: Living with Things - The Politics of Identity Chapter Four: Things that mattered - Identity in the production, exchange and use of materialsChapter Five: Places that mattered - Movement and belongingChapter Six: Bodies that Mattered - The role of the dead Chapter Seven: Conclusion References Index