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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Dedication
List of Illustrations
PLATES
Introduction: The Greatest Organization Ever Created
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1: After the Ages of Ice (9600–8000 BC)
THE SETTING: BRITAIN BECOMES AN ISLAND
THE STORY SO FAR …
SETTLEMENT, FAITH AND A NOMADIC LIFESTYLE
BRITAIN’S FIRST HOUSING BOOM
STAR CARR: RETHINKING THE MESOLITHIC
2: The Re-Settlement Gathers Pace (8000–4000 BC)
BRITAIN’S EARLIEST WOODEN IMPLEMENT?
THE RICHNESS AND COMPLEXITY OF THE HUNTER-GATHERER LIFESTYLE
WELCOME TO THE COMPLEX WORLD OF HAZEL
RELIGION AND BELIEF IN MESOLITHIC TIMES
REMEMBERING THE ANCESTORS
HOT FROM THE PRESS: EVEN MORE EARLY HOUSES
FOOTPRINTS IN TIME
MOTIVES AND EXPLANATIONS
3: Early Farmers (4000–3000 BC)
THE ARRIVAL AND SPREAD OF FARMING
NEOLITHIC ARABLE FARMING: AGRICULTURE OR HORTICULTURE?
GETTING TOGETHER
ETTON: A SPECIAL PLACE ON THE EDGE OF THE FENS
LIVING IN THE FIRST FARMHOUSES
DURRINGTON WALLS AND THE RISE OF STONEHENGE
4: The Emergence of Rural Britain (3000–2000 BC)
TOP-DOWN? THE EMERGENCE OF CLASS AND HIERARCHY
BUILDING HOUSES FOR THE DEAD
WALKING WITH GRANDFATHER’S BONES
THE RISE OF THE INDIVIDUAL
5: The Age of Stonehenge (2500–1500 BC)
SEAHENGE AND THE CELEBRATION OF FAMILY LIFE
OF PEOPLE, SYMBOLS AND THINGS
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CHANGE
THE DOMESTIC REVOLUTION OF 1500 BC
EXPLAINING THE FLAG FEN LANDSCAPE: FROM THE KNOWN …
… TO THE UNKNOWN
6: The New Order (1500–1000 BC)
THE EMERGENCE OF OBJECTS AS PORTABLE SYMBOLS
FLAG FEN AND THE RITES OF THE NEW ORDER
THE LONGEVITY OF CEREMONIES
SCALE, SYMBOLISM AND THE RITES OF THE NEW ORDER
‘TRADE’, COMMUNICATION AND AUTHORITY AT THE END OF THE BRONZE AGE
7: After the New Order: Celtic Britain (1000 BC–AD 43)
THE ROUND-HOUSES OF PREHISTORIC BRITAIN
IRON AGE HILLFORTS: SYMBOLS OF IDENTITY
DISCOVERING ROUND-HOUSES
BUILDING HOMES AND RELATIONSHIPS
FEEDING THE FAMILY: CROPS AND HORTICULTURE
ROADS: WHAT THE ROMANS DID NOT DO FOR US
BRITISH PREHISTORY: A CYCLICAL VIEW
Epilogue: The Persistence of Family Life as an Engine of Change
ROMAN, OR ROMANO-BRITISH?
ENGLAND INVENTS ITSELF (AD 450–650): THE POST-ROMAN IRON AGE?
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