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"The 'western seaways' are an arc of sea extending from the Channel Islands in the south, through the Isles of Scilly around to Orkney in the north. This maritime zone has long been seen as a crucial corridor of interaction during later prehistory. Connections across it potentially led, for example, to the eventual arrival of the Neolithic in Britain, almost 1000 years after it arrived on the near continent. This book's primary focus is Early Neolithic settlement on islands within the 'western seaways'--sites that offer significant insight into the character of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in this particular maritime zone. It also explores a series of directly related, wider themes: the nature and effects of 'island-ness' in later prehistory; the visibility of material connections across the sea; the extent of Neolithic settlement variability across Britain; and the consequences of geographical biases in research for our understanding of the prehistoric past. At the heart of the book lie the results of three substantial excavations at L'Erée, Guernsey; Old Quay, St Martin's (Isles of Scilly); and An Doirlinn, South Uist. Key findings include: the first major Mesolithic flint assemblage recovered from Scilly; one of the most extensively excavated and long-lasting Neolithic/Bronze Age occupation sites in the Channel Islands; the first substantial Neolithic settlement on Scilly; and the longest sequence of Neolithic/early Bronze Age occupation on a single site from the Outer Hebrides. In order to contextualise the significance of these findings, we also present an extended discussion and broad synthesis of Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeology on each island group"--Publisher description.
Archaeological surveying --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Neolithic period --- Archaeology --- Surveying --- Methodology --- Stepping Stones Project. --- Neolithic Stepping Stones Project --- South Uist (Scotland) --- Isles of Scilly (England) --- Guernsey --- Great Britain --- Bailiado de Guernesey --- Bailiado de Guernsey --- Bailiazgo de Guernsey --- Bailiwick of Guernsey --- Báillcheantar Gheansaí --- Bailliage de Guernesey --- Bailliage dé Guernési --- Baliaggio di Guernsey --- Baliato di Guernsey --- Baliwat Guernsey --- Batllia de Guernsey --- Bayleeaght Ghuernsey --- Beilïaeth Ynys y Garn --- Beĭlivik Hernsi --- Bejlifstvo Gernzi --- Địa hạt Guernsey --- Gānjī --- Geansaí --- Genxi --- Gernsi --- Gērnsija --- Gernsis --- Gernzi --- Gkernsei --- Gŏnchi Sŏm --- Gȯrnzin Arl --- Guernésey --- Guèrneseyi --- Guerneseyko Bailiazgoa --- Guernési --- Guernsey (Channel Islands) --- Guernsey Eyaleti --- Guernsey foogtkond --- Gŭrnzi --- Gvernsejo --- Gwasi --- Gwernenez --- Gwernenys --- Hernsi --- Kōnihi --- Lesia --- Lisia --- Moutere Kōnihi --- Rychtářství Guernsey --- Sarnia (Bailiwick) --- States of Guernsey --- Vogtei Guernsey --- Vostraŭ Hernsi --- Ynys y Garn --- Γκέρνσεϊ --- Бејлифство Гернзи --- Бейлівік Гернсі --- Востраў Гернсі --- Гърнзи --- Гернси --- Гернсі --- Гернзи --- גרנזי --- ガーンジー --- 根西 --- 건지 섬 --- Scilly (England) --- Ynysek Syllan (England) --- Scilly Isles (England) --- Scillies (England) --- Uist, South (Scotland) --- Hebrides (Scotland) --- Antiquities.
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This book focuses on the relationship between the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology. Both disciplines arose from a common project: a desire to understand human social and cultural diversity. However, in recent years, archaeology's interest in anthropology has remained largely unreciprocated. To date, the causes and consequences of this imbalance have received little attention, particularly within anthropology. Including papers by eminent thinkers within both disciplines, this book sheds new light on issues of disciplinary identity. The contributors show how a lack of collaboration has
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While Celtic art includes some of the most famous archaeological artefacts in the British Isles, such as the Battersea shield or the gold torcs from Snettisham, it has often been considered from an art historical point of view. Technologies of Enchantment? Exploring Celtic Art attempts to connect Celtic art to its archaeological context, looking at how it was made, used, and deposited. Based on the first comprehensive database of Celtic art, it brings together currenttheories concerning the links between people and artefacts found in many areas of the social sciences. The authors argue that Ce
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Early Celtic art' - typified by the iconic shields, swords, torcs and chariot gear we can see in places such as the British Museum - has been studied in isolation from the rest of the evidence from the Iron Age. This book reintegrates the art with the archaeology, placing the finds in the context of our latest ideas about Iron Age and Romano-British society. The contributions move beyond the traditional concerns with artistic styles and continental links, to consider the material nature of objects, their social effects and their role in practices such as exchange and burial. The aesthetic impa
Civilization, Celtic --- Art, Celtic --- Great Britain --- Antiquities, Celtic.
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The prehistories of Britain and Ireland are inescapably entwined with continental European narratives. The central aim here is to explore 'cross-channel' relationships throughout later prehistory, investigating the archaeological links (material, social, cultural) between the areas we now call Britain and Ireland, and continental Europe, from the Mesolithic through to the end of the Iron Age. Since the separation from the European mainland of Ireland (c. 16,000 BC) and Britain (c. 6000 BC), their island nature has been seen as central to many aspects of life within them, helping to define thei
Prehistoric peoples --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Great Britain --- Ireland --- Europe, Western --- West Europe --- Western Europe --- Irish Free State --- Relations --- Antiquities. --- International relations. --- Prehistoric peoples. --- Relationer. --- Forntiden. --- Great Britain. --- Ireland. --- Western Europe. --- Europe [Western ] --- Antiquities --- Primitive societies
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