Neolithic Britain - 9780198823896

Neolithic BritainThe Transformation of Social Worlds\nAuthor(s): Keith Ray, Julian Thomas\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Oxford University Press\nISBN-13: 9780198823896, 978-0198823896\nSynopsis\nThe Neolithic in Britain was a period of fundamental change: human communities were transformed, collectively owning domesticated plants and animals, and inhabiting a richer world of material things: timber houses and halls, pottery vessels, polished flint and stone axes, and massive monuments of earth and stone. Equally important was the development of a suite of new social practices, and an emphasis on descent, continuity and inheritance. These innovations set in train social processes that culminated with the construction of Stonehenge, the most remarkable surviving structure from prehistoric Europe.\n\nNeolithic Britain provides an up to date, concise introduction to the period of British prehistory from c. [tel] BCE. Written on the basis .