The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland

The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland -- Routledge Archaeology of Northern Europe -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introducing the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland -- Introduction -- The Personality of Britain and Ireland -- Some Assumptions -- A Brief Outline of the Book -- Recommended Reading -- 2 Island Life: Britain and Ireland in the Late Mesolithic -- Introduction -- Oronsay -- You Are What You Eat -- Late Mesolithic Material Culture -- Settlements -- Connections With the Wider World -- Identity, Belief Systems and Treatment of the Dead -- Conclusions: Life in the Late Mesolithic -- Recommended Reading -- 3 All Change? the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in Britain and Ireland and Its North-West European Background -- Introduction -- Where Did the Neolithic Come From? -- When and What was the Neolithic in Britain and Ireland? -- How and Why Did the Neolithic Start? -- Conclusions -- Recommended Reading -- 4 A Brave New World: Life in the Early Neolithic of Britain and Ireland -- Introduction -- Material Culture: Introduction -- Material Culture: Lithics -- Material Culture: Stone Axes -- Material Culture: Flint Extraction Sites -- Material Culture: Pottery -- Material Culture: Organic Materials -- Diet and Subsistence in the Early Neolithic -- Settlement -- Conclusions: Life in the Early Neolithic -- Recommended Reading -- 5 Of Earth, Bone, Timber and Stone: Mortuary Practice and Monumentality in the Early Neolithic of Britain and Ireland -- Introduction -- Mortuary Practice in the Early Neolithic -- Early Neolithic Chambered Tombs -- Dolmens -- Timber Mortuary Structures -- Unchambered Long Mounds/Cairns -- Round Mounds/Cairns and Cists -- Early Neolithic Cursus Monuments and Long Enclosures -- Causewayed Enclosures -- Conclusions on Early Neolithic Mortuary Practice and Monuments