Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive overview of the wide-ranging contemporary debates in the study of European prehistory. Written to reflect the immense changes in the field, the volume presents essays by some of the most dynamic researchers and leading European scholars in the field today.

List of Figures and Tables vii Notes on Contributors xi Preface xv Introduction 1Andrew Jones 1 Frameworks for the Analysis of European Prehistory 14 Introduction 14 (a) Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers? 16Mark Pluciennik (b) The Celts as ‘Grand Narrative’ 35John Collis 2 Landscape and Place 54 Introduction 54 (a) From Monuments in Landscape to Landscapes in Monuments: Monuments, Death and Landscape in Early Bronze Age Scandinavia 56Joakim Goldhahn (b) Everything in its Right Place? On Selective Deposition, Landscape and the Construction of Identity in Later Prehistory 86David Fontijn 3 The Living House – Architecture, the Everyday and the Human Lifecycle 107 Introduction 107 (a) First Households and ‘House Societies’ in European Prehistory 109Dušan Boric´  (b) Domestic Times: Houses and Temporalities in Late Prehistoric Europe 143Fokke Gerritsen 4 Materiality, Technology and Transformation – The Emergence of Novel Technologies 162 Introduction 162 (a) The Emergence of Pottery 164Dragos Gheorghiu (b) The Emergence of Metalworking 193Barbara S. Ottaway and Ben Roberts 5 Death, Remembrance and the Past 226 Introduction 226 (a) Engaging Memories of European Prehistory 228Katina T. Lillios (b) The Past in Later Prehistory 255Bryan Hanks 6 Identity, Community, the Body and the Person 285 Introduction 285 (a) Neolithic Bodies 287Daniela Hofmann and Alasdair Whittle (b) Bodies and Identities in the Scandinavian Late Iron Age 312Ing-Marie Back Danielsson 7 Interaction, Trade and Exchange 330 Introduction 330 (a) Approaches to Trade and Exchange in Earlier Prehistory (Late Mesolithic–Early Bronze Age) 333John Chapman (b) Trade and Exchange in Later Prehistory 356Peter Wells Index 373

Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive overview of the wide-ranging contemporary debates in the study of European prehistory. Written to reflect the immense changes in the field, the volume presents essays by some of the most dynamic researchers and leading European scholars in the field today. Ranging from the Neolithic period to the early stages of the Iron Age, and from Ireland and Scandinavia to the Urals and the Iberian Peninsula, the book offers a truly contemporary approach to the ever-evolving study of European prehistory.

"Extensive and current bibliographies and illustrations accompany the highly stimulating discussions. [This is] Clearly a volume for colleges and universities with programs in archaeology and anthropology." (CHOICE, December 2009) "This edited volume provides a welcome break from the traditional chronological approach to European prehistory. Important disciplinary themes are addressed here in innovative ways by a group of scholars with active field projects as well as impressive publication records." Bettina Arnold, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "An impressive compilation of papers which successfully combines novel and theoretical approaches with detailed regional studies. Jones has assembled a galaxy of leading scholars to produce an authoritative overview of key themes and subjects within European prehistory, from the Iron Gates Mesolithic to Iron Age Scandinavia." Chris Scarre, University of Durham "Massive amounts of new information exist from all periods of prehistoric Europe and older frameworks of interpretation are increasingly inadequate to the task of making sense of these. Prehistoric Europe brings together a wide range of approaches which show exciting possibilities for novel ways of understanding the past. It is a book to be debated and argued with - I am sure new insights will result." Chris Gosden, University of Oxford

Introduction: Andrew Jones. 1. Frameworks for the Analysis of European Prehistory. 2. Landscape and Place. 3. The Living House ? Architecture, the Everyday and the Human Lifecycle. 4. Materiality, Technology and Transformation ? The Emergence of Novel Technologies. 5. Death, Remembrance and the Past. 6. Identity, Community, the Body and the Person. 7. Interaction, Trade and Exchange. Index