Places in Time by Chris Scarre
Part travel guide, part survey of Europe's prehistory, Exploring Prehistoric Europe delves into fifteen of the most famous, most important, and most exciting archaeological sites in Europe. The first volume in the Places in Time series, this beautiful book takes us to locales both famous and obscure, from Ireland to Poland to Malta, ranging chronologically from Terra Amata, a site in southern France occupied some 380,000 years ago, to Borremose, a Danish settlement that dates to Roman times. The author, archaeologist Chris Scarre, examines the haunting cave paintings of Lascaux, France; the stone circle and ritual complexes of Avebury, England; and the ever mysterious Stonehenge-as well as lesser known but no less intriguing sites around Europe. For each location, he conducts a careful tour of the existing remains, describes the history of its excavation, and then interprets how the site might have been built, used, or occupied. Readers will explore a variety of cultures and monuments, from megalithic stone circles to Neolithic villages to Bronze Age tombs, and see intimate portraits of the daily life of Europe's prehistoric ancestors. Perhaps equally important, Scarre has selected the sites with accessibility in mind-all can be easily reached by the modern tourist-and he also highlights local museums and visitor centers where further artifacts and information can be found. Beautifully illustrated with maps and full-color photographs, Exploring Prehistoric Europe makes the perfect companion for the historically minded traveler-or the reader who wants to curl up at home and wander at leisure through the distant past.
Scarre, Chris: - Chris Scarre is Professor of Archaeology at Durham University and a specialist in European prehistory with a particular focus on Atlantic Europe, notably the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition and the origins and significance of Neolithic monumentality. He has directed and co-directed excavations at prehistoric sites in France, Portugal and the Channel Islands. He is author of Landscapes of Neolithic Brittany (2011), The Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland (2007) and editor of the leading textbook of world prehistory, The Human Past (4th ed. 2018). He is editor of the interrnationally renowned journal Antiquity
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195103236 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195103238 |
| Titel | Places in Time |
| Autor | Chris Scarre |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1999-02-04 |
| Seitenanzahl | 240 |
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