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100	1		_aConneller, Chantal,
245	1	4	_aThe Mesolithic in Britain : _blandscape and society in times of change / _cChantal Conneller.
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2022.
300			_a386p.
490	0		_aRoutledge archaeology of Northern Europe
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aHunting and gathering time : chronological frameworks and key themes -- Pioneers in the North : preboreal and early boreal settlement, 9500-8200BC -- The early Mesolithic colonisation of the south : Deepcar and the early boreal Mesolithic, 9300 to 8200BC -- A new way of living : pits, hazelnuts, places and the ancestors in the middle Mesolithic, 8200-7000BC -- The forgotten people : the late Mesolithic, 7000-5000BC -- The last hunters : the final Mesolithic, 5000-4000BC.
520			_a"The Mesolithic in Britain proposes a new division of the Mesolithic period into four parts, each with its distinct character. The Mesolithic has previously been seen as timeless, where little changed over thousands of years. This new synthesis draws on advances in scientific dating to understand the Mesolithic inhabitation of Britain as a historical process. The period was, in fact, a time of profound change: houses, monuments, middens, long term use of sites and regions, manipulation of the environment and the symbolic deposition of human and animal remains all emerged as significant practices in Britain for the first time. The book describes the lives of the first pioneers in the early Mesolithic; the emergence of new modes of inhabitation in the Middle Mesolithic; the regionally diverse settlement of the late Mesolithic; and the radical changes of the final millennium of the period. The first synthesis of Mesolithic Britain since 1932, it takes both a chronological and a regional approach. This will serve as an essential text for anyone studying the period: undergraduate and graduate students, specialists in the field and community archaeology groups"--
650		0	_aMesolithic period _zGreat Britain.
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