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Title

Woodland in the Neolithic of Northern Europe : the forest as ancestor / Gordon Noble.

Author

Noble, Gordon

Publication

• Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Description

xii, 222 pages; 27 cm

Summary

• "The Neolithic period is one of the great transformations in human history - when agriculture first began and dramatic changes occurred in human society. These changes occurred in environments that were radically different to those that exist today, and in northern Europe many landscapes would have been dominated by woodland. Yet wood and woodland rarely figures in the minds of many archaeologists, and it plays no part in the traditional Three Age system that has defined the frameworks of European prehistory. This book explores how human-environment relations altered with the beginnings of farming, and how the Neolithic in northern Europe was made possible through new ways of living in and understanding the environment. Drawing on a broad range of evidence, from pollen data and stone axes to the remains of timber monuments and settlements, the book analyzes the relationship between people, their material culture, and their woodland environment"--
• "The Neolithic period is one of the great transformations in human history - when agriculture first began and dramatic changes occurred in human society. These changes occurred in environments that were radically different to those that exist today and in northern Europe many landscapes would have been dominated by woodland. Yet wood and woodland rarely figures in the minds of many archaeologists and it plays no part in the traditional Three Age system that has defined the frameworks of European prehistory. This book explores how human-environment relations altered with the beginnings of farming and how the Neolithic in northern Europe was made possible through new ways of living in and understanding the environment. Drawing on a broad range of evidence, from pollen data to stone axes to the remains of timber monuments and settlements, the book analyzes the relationship between people, their material culture, and their woodland environment"--

Subject

• Neolithic period > Europe, Northern
• Agriculture, Prehistoric > Europe, Northern
• Forests and forestry > Europe, Northern
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
• Agriculture, Prehistoric
• Antiquities
• Forests and forestry
• Neolithic period
• Europe, Northern > Antiquities
• Northern Europe

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction: engaging with the environment; 2. The forest in the Neolithic of northern Europe; 3. Altering the environment; 4. The woodland landscape; 5. The forest as architecture; 6. The environment as ancestor: timber monumentality; 7. Extending roots: conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

ISBN

• 9781107159839
• 1107159830

LCCN

• 2016016308
• 40026966803

OCLC

• ocn947795147
• 947795147
• SCSB-5884172

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Columbia University Libraries