The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0444535977 ISBN 13 : 9780444535979

Editeur : Elsevier Science Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

This book consists of a series of chapters that bring together the results of AHOB (Ancient Human Occupation of Britain) project work on the Palaeolithic occupation of Britain within its European context. Each chapter focuses on a specific theme with evidence presented from new fieldwork and recent research on collections and archive, using an array of new analytical techniques. Although each chapter will be a stand-alone contribution, they are linked through the overall aims and results of the AHOB project. Introductory and summary chapters will draw the results together. The key features of the book include: features an up-to-date treatment of the record of human presence in the British Isles during the Palaeolithic period (700,000 - 10,000 years before present); takes multidisciplinary approach that includes archaeology, geochemistry, geochronology, stratigraphy, and sedimentology; and coincides with the culmination of the AHOB project in 2010, providing a benchmark statement on the record of human occupation in Britain that can be utilized and tested by future research.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project (AHOB) funded by the Leverhulme Trust began in 2001 and brought together researchers from a range of disciplines with the aim of investigating the record of human presence in Britain from the earliest occupation until the end of the last Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago. Study of changes in climate, landscape and biota over the last million years provides the environmental backdrop to understanding human presence and absence together with the development of new technologies. This book brings together the multidisciplinary work of the project. The chapters present the results of new fieldwork and research on old sites from museum collections using an array of new analytical techniques.

• Features an up-to-date treatment of the record of human presence in the British Isles during the Palaeolithic period (700,000 - 10,000 years before present)
• Takes multidisciplinary approach that includes archaeology, geochemistry, geochronology, stratigraphy and sedimentology
• Coincides with the culmination of the AHOB project in 2010, providing a benchmark statement on the record of human occupation in Britain that can be utilized and tested by future research

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0444535977
• ISBN 13: 9780444535979
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 322
• Éditeur: Ashton Nick, Lewis Simon, Stringer Chris
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Barbara Criscuolo; b.criscuolo@lswr.it; ; Via Spadolini, 7; Milano; 20141; Italie