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Hunters, fishers and foragers in Wales: towards a social narrative of Mesolithic lifeways

By Malcolm , Lillie

Book information

Publisher
Oxbow Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9781782979746, 9781782979753, 9781782979760, 9781782979777, 1782979751, 178297976X, 1782979778
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (25953374 bytes)
Pages
xxii, 345 pages\362
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Antiquities;Fornlämningar;HISTORY--Ancient--Genera

Description

Setting the scene: the palaeolithic and the late-glacial of Britain, adaptation and subsistence in a changing environment -- The view from the hills: sea-level rise, post-glacial climate change, landscape change and changing environments -- Tools of the trade: post-glacial toolkits, their use and their significance -- Coming home to a real fire: landscape utilisation and settlement patterning -- Food for thought: subsistence strategies and economic activity -- The living and the dead: ritual aspects of Mesolithic life -- The end is in sight: the adoption of new resources and the shift from hunting and gathering towards the integration and exploitation of domesticated animals and plants in subsistence strategies.

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