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The Oxford illustrated prehistory of Europe / edited by Barry Cunliffe.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.Description: ix, 532 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0198143850 (alk. paper) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 936 20
LOC classification:
  • GN803 .O94 1994
Contents:
The peopling of Europe, 700,000-40,000 years before the present / Clive Gamble -- The Upper Palaeolithic revolution / Paul Mellars -- The Mesolithic Age / Steven J. Mithen -- The first farmers / Alasdair Whittle -- The transformation of early agrarian Europe : the later Neolithic and Copper Ages, 4500-2500 BC / Andrew Sherratt -- The palace civilizations of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece, 2000-1200 BC / K.A. Wardle -- The emergence of élites : earlier Bronze Age Europe, 2500-1300 BC / Andrew Sherratt -- The collapse of Aegean civilization at the end of the late Bronze Age / Mervyn Popham -- Reformation in barbarian Europe, 1300-600 BC / Anthony Harding -- Iron Age societies in Western Europe and beyond, 800-140 BC / Barry Cunliffe -- Thracians, Scythians, and Dacians, 800 BC-AD 300 / Timothy Taylor -- The impact of Rome on barbarian society, 140 BC-AD 300 / Barry Cunliffe -- Barbarian Europe, AD 300-700 / Malcolm Todd.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

BL A complete survey of the development of European society, from Stone Age man to the fall of the Roman Empire.BL Based on an entirely new concept - look at the entire European landscape and the way man has repsonded and adapted to it.Chapters cover both the well-known civilizations of Greece and Rome, and the less well known societies like ancient Russia.BL Includes a useful time chart showing the developments of societies and their techniques against the background of events both historical and geographical.Expert contributors - the editor Barry Cunliffe is a well-known scholar and author of over 40 books. He is an active member of the British Heritage Council and the Council for British Archaeology. The Oxford Illustrated Prehistory of Europe looks at the changing landscape of Europe and the way man has responded and adapted to it over the millennia. Beautifully illustrated, it provides a complete survey of the development of European society from the continent's earliest evidence of human population, through the first farmers to barbarian and Iron Age societies, and the impact and eventual decline of Roman power. The twelve chapters focus on the principal periods and areas of innovation and culture, such as the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, showing not only how these societies developed but their relationships to each other and the landscape. Each chapter is written by an expert in his field and is accompanied by a rich assortment of colour and black-and-white plates, maps, and drawings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The peopling of Europe, 700,000-40,000 years before the present / Clive Gamble -- The Upper Palaeolithic revolution / Paul Mellars -- The Mesolithic Age / Steven J. Mithen -- The first farmers / Alasdair Whittle -- The transformation of early agrarian Europe : the later Neolithic and Copper Ages, 4500-2500 BC / Andrew Sherratt -- The palace civilizations of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece, 2000-1200 BC / K.A. Wardle -- The emergence of élites : earlier Bronze Age Europe, 2500-1300 BC / Andrew Sherratt -- The collapse of Aegean civilization at the end of the late Bronze Age / Mervyn Popham -- Reformation in barbarian Europe, 1300-600 BC / Anthony Harding -- Iron Age societies in Western Europe and beyond, 800-140 BC / Barry Cunliffe -- Thracians, Scythians, and Dacians, 800 BC-AD 300 / Timothy Taylor -- The impact of Rome on barbarian society, 140 BC-AD 300 / Barry Cunliffe -- Barbarian Europe, AD 300-700 / Malcolm Todd.

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