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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      06 May 2019
      16 May 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108304481
      9781108419925
      9781108412476
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108419925
      Dimensions:
      (253 x 177 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.96kg, 388 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (253 x 177 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.82kg, 388 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Prehistory, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology
      Series:
      Cambridge World Archaeology
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    Subjects:
    Prehistory, Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Archaeological Theory and Methods, Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East, Archaeology
    Series:
    Cambridge World Archaeology
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    Sited at the furthest limits of the Neolithic revolution and standing at the confluence of the two great sea routes of prehistory, Britain and Ireland are distinct from continental Europe for much of the prehistoric sequence. In this landmark study, Richard Bradley offers an interpretation of the unique archaeological record of these islands. Highlighting the achievements of its inhabitants, Bradley surveys the entire archaeological sequence over a 5,000 year period, from the last hunter-gatherers and the adoption of agriculture in the Neolithic period, to the discovery of Britain and Ireland by travellers from the Mediterranean during the later pre-Roman Iron Age. His study places special emphasis on landscapes, settlements, monuments, and ritual practices. This edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. The text takes account of recent developments in archaeological science, such as isotopic analyses of human and animal bone, recovery of ancient DNA, and more subtle and precise methods of radiocarbon dating.

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