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From Moments to Histories: A Social Archaeology of the Mesolithic?

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This contribution will provide a critical overview of the other papers within this special issue of Journal of World Prehistory (Elliott and Little 2018), identifying key aspects of the discussion and assessing potentials and problems in the development of Mesolithic archaeology in Britain and Ireland as a whole since 2006 (Conneller and Warren in Mesolithic Britain and Ireland: New approaches, Stroud, Tempus, 2006a). Reflections will include how the contribution of very high-resolution analyses to Mesolithic archaeology has changed since 2006 and the scale of our interpretations. The review will also identify areas which appear to be falling from analytical focus, including the role of analogies in Mesolithic archaeology and the nature of power and social relationships in Mesolithic communities.

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Titel: From Moments to Histories: A Social Archaeology of the Mesolithic?
verfasst von: Graeme Warren
Publikationsdatum: 26.07.2018
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of World Prehistory / Ausgabe 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0892-7537
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7802
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10963-018-9121-3

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