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A taphonomic approach to the re-analysis of the human remains from the neolithic chamber tomb of Quanterness, Orkney
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ISBN: 9781407315713 1407315714 Year: 2018 Publisher: Oxford : BAR Publishing,

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Exploring prehistoric identity in Europe : our construct or theirs?
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ISBN: 9781782971900 1782971904 9781842178133 184217813X 9781842177471 1842177478 1842177494 9781842177488 1842177486 9781842177495 Year: 2014 Volume: 3 Publisher: Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books,

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Identity is relational and a construct, and is expressed in a myriad of ways. For example, material culture and its pluralist meanings have been readily manipulated by humans in a prehistoric context in order to construct personal and group identities. Artefacts were often from or reminiscent of far-flung places and were used to demonstrate membership of an (imagined) regional, or European community. Earthworks frequently archive maximum visual impact through elaborate ramparts and entrances with the minimum amount of effort, indicating that the construction of identities were as much in the e

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