World Prehistory
Studies in Memory of Grahame Clark
Published on 1. December 1999
Book
Hardback
242 pages
978-0-19-726196-5 (ISBN)
Description
This edited book details some of the new developments in the major fields of interest of the late Grahame Clark, one of the foremost figures in prehistoric archaeology. The perspective is global, with studies from Australia, on American archaeology, South-east Asia, Scandinavia, Northern Europe, Southern France, and Turkey.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9 farbige Abbildungen, 13 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder, 36 Zeichnungen
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-726196-5 (9780197261965)
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Content
Clark and World Prehistory: A Personal Perspective; Is Homo defined by Culture?; Western Cape Landscapes; Dating the Human Colonisation of Australia: Radiocarbon and Luminescence Revolutions; Grahame Clark and American Archaeology; Recent Adventures in the Prehistory of South-east Asia; Settlement and Palaeoecology in the Scandinavian Mesolithic; Shippea Hill and after, Wetlands in North European Prehistory and the Case of the Donken; Economic Prehistory in Southern Scandinavia; Twenty Thousand Years of Palaeolithic Cave Art in Southern France; Symbolism at Catalhoyuk; Concluding Remarks and Recollections