Bronze Age connections : cultural contact in prehistoric Europe / edited by Peter Clark.

Other author Clark, Peter.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, CT : Distributed in the USA by David Brown, ©2009.
Descriptionviii, 188 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm
Subjects
Bronze age--Europe. --Congresses.
Acculturation--Europe. --History. --To 1500. --Congresses.
Intercultural communication--Europe. --History. --To 1500. --Congresses.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Europe. --Congresses.
Naval history, Ancient--Congresses.
Seafaring life--Europe. --History. --To 1500. --Congresses.
Boats and boating--Europe. --History. --To 1500. --Congresses.
Europe--Antiquities. --Congresses.
Europe--History, Naval. --Congresses.
Europe--Commerce. --History. --Congresses.

Contents Introduction : Building new connections / Peter Clark -- Encompassing the sea : "maritories" and Bronze Age maritime interactions / Stuart Needham -- From Picardy to Flanders : transmanche connections in the Bronze Age / Jean Bourgeois and Marc Talon -- British immigrants killed abroad in the seventies : the rise and fall of a Dutch culture / Liesbeth Theunissen -- The Canche Estuary (Pas-de-Calais, France) from the early Bronze Age to the emporium of Quentovic : a traditional trading place between south east England and the continent / Michel Philippe -- Looking forward : maritime contacts in the first millennium BC / Barry Cunliffe -- Copper mining and production at the beginning of the British Bronze Age : new evidence for Beaker/EBA prospecting and some ideas on scale, exchange, and early smelting technologies / Simon Timberlake -- The demise of the flint tool industry / Chris Butler -- Land at the other end of the sea? : metalwork circulation, geographical knowledge, and the significance of British/Irish imports in the Bronze Age of the Low Countries / David Fontijn -- The master(y) of hard materials : thoughts on technology, materiality, and ideology occasioned by the Dover boat / Mary W. Helms -- Exploring the ritual of travel in prehistoric Europe : the Bronze Age sewn-plank boats in context / Robert Van de Noort -- In his hands and in his head : the Amesbury archer as magician / Andrew Fitzpatrick.
General notePresentations from a conference held Sept. 2006 in Dover, England.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009024737
ISBN9781842173480
ISBN1842173480
Standard identifier# 100515769

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Joyner General Stacks GN778.2.A1 B755 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold