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European Prehistory

A Survey

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Sarunas Milisauskas

    1. State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

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Part of the book series: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology (IDCA)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Sarunas Milisauskas
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Present Environment a Geographic Summary

    • Sarunas Milisauskas
    Pages 7-14

  4. The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic

    • Michael Jochim
    Pages 15-54

  5. The Upper Palaeolithic

    • Michael Jochim
    Pages 55-113

  6. The Mesolithic

    • Michael Jochim
    Pages 115-141

  7. Early Neolithic the First Farmers in Europe, 7000–5500/5000 BC

    • Sarunas Milisauskas
    Pages 143-192

  8. Middle Neolithic Continuity, Diversity, Innovations, and Greater Complexity, 5500/5000–3500/3000 BC

    • Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk
    Pages 193-246

  9. Late Neolithic Crises, Collapse, New Ideologies, and Economies, 3500/3000–2200/2000 BC

    • Sarunas Milisauskas, Janusz Kruk
    Pages 247-269

  10. The Bronze Age

    • Anthony F. Harding
    Pages 271-334

  11. The Iron Age

    • Peter S. Wells
    Pages 335-383

  12. Conclusion

    • Sarunas Milisauskas
    Pages 385-387

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 389-449
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About this book

Sarunas Milisauskas· 1.1 INTRODUCTION The purpose of this book is four-fold: to introduce English-speaking students and scholars to some of the outstanding archaeological research that has been done in Europe in recent years; to integrate this research into an anthropological frame of reference; to address episodes of culture change such as the transition to farming; the origin of complex societies, and the origin of urbanism, and to provide an overview of European prehistory from the earliest appearance of humans to the rise of the Roman empire. In 1978, the Academic Press published my book European Prehistory which, typically for that period, emphasized cultural evolution, culture process, technology, environment, and economy. To produce a new version and an up- to-date prehistory of Europe, I have invited contributions from specialists in the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages. Thus while this version of European Prehistory is a new book, however, it still incorporates some data from the 1978 version, particularly in The Present Environment and Neolithic chapters. Like its predecessor, this edition is structured around selected general topics, such as technology, trade, settlement, warfare, and ritual.

Reviews

From the reviews:
"The synthesis of such a large body of evidence is impressive, and the book is an interesting and informative read both for those new to archaeology and for established academics."
(The Holocene, 13:5, 2003)
"The volume is a resounding success in terms of providing a coherent and up to date narrative. This wide coverage can also be seen in the selection of featured sites, which ranges across most of Europe. It does not shy away from covering the major debates or making a judgment upon them."
(Nick Thorpe, Antiquity)

Editors and Affiliations

  • State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

    Sarunas Milisauskas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: European Prehistory

  • Book Subtitle: A Survey

  • Editors: Sarunas Milisauskas

  • Series Title: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0751-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-0751-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1568-2722

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-6984

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 449

  • Topics: Archaeology, History, general, Anthropology

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