| Prehistoric Journeys Contributor(s): Cummings, Vicki (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1842172506 ISBN-13: 9781842172506 Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2007 Annotation: This collection of thirteen papers focuses on what it meant to be 'on the move' at different times in prehistory. Ideas of journeys and travel are integral to many traditions of interpreting the prehistoric archaeological record. Travel was after all the driving force behind the formation and transformation of identity. How ironic it is that this feature of prehistory has been so overlooked when the ancient world's 'discovery' in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries occurred primarily as the result of travel. The contributors to this volume see journeys as an integral part of prehistoric life - socially meaningful - which must be understood within their (pre)historic contexts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Travel |
| Dewey: 910.93 |
| LCCN: 2008399458 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 8.58" W x 10.75" (1.26 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of thirteen papers focuses on what it meant to be 'on the move' at different times in prehistory. Ideas of journeys and travel are integral to many traditions of interpreting the prehistoric archaeological record. Travel was after all the driving force behind the formation and trans formation of identity. How ironic it is that this feature of prehistory has been so overlooked when the ancient world's 'discovery' in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries occurred primarily as the result of travel. The contributors to this volume see journeys as an integral part of prehistoric life - socially meaningful - which must be understood within their (pre)historic contexts. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cummings, Vicki: - Vicki Cummings is Reader in Archaeology in the School of Forensic and Applied Sciences, University of Central Lancashire where she specialises in the Mesolithic and Neolithic of Britain and Ireland, with a particular focus on monuments and landscape. She has a broader interest in hunting and gathering populations, interpretive archaeology and stone tools. |