CONTENTS

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgements

Dylan Thomas: Author’s prologue

Introduction

1. Setting the scene: the Palaeolithic and the Late-glacial of Britain, adaptation and subsistence in a changing environment

2. The view from the hills: sea level rise, post-glacial climate change, landscape change and changing environments

3. Tools of the trade: post-glacial tool-kits, their use and their significance

4. Coming home to a real fire: landscape utilisation and settlement patterning

5. Food for thought: subsistence strategies and economic activity

6. The living and the dead: ritual aspects of Mesolithic life

7. The end is in sight: the adoption of new resources and the shift from hunting and gathering towards the integration and exploitation of domesticated animals and plants in subsistence strategies

Epilogue

References

Appendix