Understanding the Neolithic /

Understanding the Neolithic /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Thomas, Julian.
Edition:	Rev. 2nd ed.
Imprint:	London [England] ; New York, NY : Routledge, ©1999. ©19
Description:	1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Neolithic period -- Great Britain. Neolithic period -- England. Archaeology -- Philosophy. Antiquities. Archaeology -- Philosophy. Neolithic period. Great Britain -- Antiquities. England -- Antiquities. England. Great Britain. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11299758

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Other uniform titles:	Thomas, Julian, 1959- Rethinking the neolithic.
ISBN:	9780203069561 0203069560 9780415207669 0415207665 9781134621439 1134621434 0203254775 9780203254776 9786610330621 661033062X 0203069560 0415207665 0415207673 9780415207676
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Originally published: Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991. Originally published as: Rethinking the Neolithic. Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-257) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This volume is an investigation of the Neolithic period in southern Britain. Whilst examining the archaeological data of this region, Thomas exposes the assumptions and prejudices which have shaped archaeologists' accounts of the distant past.
Other form:	Print version: Thomas, Julian. Understanding the neolithic. Rev., 2nd ed. London ; New York : Routledge, 1999

Table of Contents:

An archaeology of difference
Beyond the economic system
Reading monuments
Pits, pots and dirt : a genealogy of depositional practices
Portable artefacts : the case of pottery
Mortuary practice
Regional sequences : the Stonehenge area
Regional sequences : the upper Thames Valley
Regional sequences : the Avebury District
Conclusion.