The Chinese neolithic : trajectories to early states / by Liu, Li

Subjects: “…Neolithic period China.…”
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Neolithic Scotland : timber, stone, earth and fire / by Noble, Gordon

Table of Contents: “…COVER; Contents; Figures; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Scotland in the Neolithic: an introduction; CHAPTER TWO Islands in the fast lane: the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition; CHAPTER THREE Burning down the house: the destruction of timber structures; CHAPTER FOUR Planting trees, planting people: long and round barrows in eastern Scotland and beyond; CHAPTER FIVE Megalithic architecture in Atlantic Scotland; CHAPTER SIX The emergence of monument complexes; CHAPTER SEVEN The architecture of monumental landscapes; CHAPTER EIGHT The Early Bronze Age: deconstructing and rebuilding the past.…”
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Understanding the Neolithic / by Thomas, Julian, 1959-

Subjects: “…Neolithic period Great Britain.…”
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Neolithic bodies / by Bickle, Penny, Sibbesson, Emilie

Table of Contents: “…Both permeable and partible: exploring the body world of early Neolithic southern Britain /…”
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Dwelling on the edge of the Neolithic : investigating human behaviour through the spatial analysis of Corded Ware settlement material in the Dutch coastal wetlands (2900-2300 calBc) / by Nobles, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Table of contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 About houses, sedentariness, mobility and the Neolithic; 1.2 Into the Corded Ware Culture; 1.3 The Corded Ware Culture landscape and settlement system in Noord-Holland; 1.4 Research aim and approach; 2 Theoretical background and methodology of Spatial Analysis; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The formation of the archaeological record; 2.3 Spatial Data; 2.4 The analytical toolbox; 2.5 Conclusion; 3 Keinsmerbrug; 3.1 Features; 3.2 Spatial analysis; 4 Mienakker; 4.1 features; 4.2 Spatial analysis; 5 Zeewijk; 5.1 Features; 5.2 Spatial Analysis.…”
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Neolithic cave burials : agency, structure and environment / by Peterson, Rick

Subjects: “…Neolithic period Great Britain.…”
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Moving on in Neolithic studies : understanding mobile lives /

Table of Contents: “…Movement and mobility in the Neolithic / Jim Leary and Thomas Kador -- Varied mobility in the Neolithic : the Linearbandkeramik on the move / Penny Bickle -- Resourcing Stonehenge : patterns of human, animal and goods mobility in the late neolithic / Benjamin Chan, Sarah Viner, Mike Parker Pearson, Umberto Albarella and Rob Ixer -- Movement and thresholds : architecture and landscape at the Carrowkeel-Keshcorran passage tomb complex, Co. …”
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The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland by Brophy, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- The Neolithic of Mainland Scotland -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Notes on the Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword: 'The prehistory of my own lands, the lowlands' -- PART I Scotland's Mainland Neolithic in Context -- 1 Gordon Barclay: A Career in the Scottish Neolithic -- 2 Neolithic Pasts, Neolithic Futures: The Contemporary Socio-politics of Prehistoric Landscapes -- 3 'Very real shared traditions'? …”
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The early Neolithic in Greece : the first farming communities in Europe / by Perlès, Catherine

Table of Contents: “…-- The spread of the Early Neolithic in Greece: chronological and geographical aspects -- A case study in Early Neolithic settlement patterns: eastern Thessaly -- Early Neolithic subsistence economy: the domestic and the wild -- The early Neolithic village -- Craft specialization: the contrasting cases of chipped-stone tools, pottery and ornaments -- A variety of daily crafts -- Ritual interaction? …”
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Ancestral geographies of the Neolithic : landscapes, monuments and memory / by Edmonds, M. R. (Mark R.)

Subjects: “…Neolithic period Great Britain.…”
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Making a Mark Image and Process in Neolithic Britain and Ireland. by Jones, Andrew Meirion

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 7: Flint and fabrication: the mace heads of Maesmore type -- Chapter 8: Orkney: figurines and sculptured stones -- Chapter 9: Image and process in an architectural context: decorated stonework from the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney -- Relationalities -- Chapter 10: Mark making in the Neolithic: Passage tomb art, rock art, pottery, and enclosures -- Chapter 11: Remarkable objects, Multiple objects: the ontology of decorated artefacts in Neolithic Britain and Ireland -- Chapter 12: Chequered histories: a minor narrative of Neolithic mark making practices -- Collaborations…”
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Swifterbant S4 (the Netherlands) Occupation and Exploitation of a Neolithic Levee Site (C. 4300-4000 Cal. BC). by Raemaekers, D. C. M.

Subjects: “…Neolithic period.…”
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Mining and Quarrying in Neolithic Europe A Social Perpsective. by Teather, Anne

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Chapter 1 Flint-working areas and bifacial implement productionat the Neolithic flint-mining sites in southern andeastern England -- Chapter 2 Comings and goings: The wider landscape ofEarly Neolithic flint mining in Sussex -- Chapter 3 Radiocarbon dating on flint mining shaft deposits atBlackpatch, Cissbury and Church Hill, Sussex -- Chapter 4 Tangled up in blue: The role of reibeckite felsite inNeolithic Shetland…”
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The neolithic revolution in the Near East : transforming the human landscape / by Simmons, Alan H.

Table of Contents: “…Courses Toward Complexity: Florescence During the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B…”
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The neolithic revolution in the Near East : transforming the human landscape / by Simmons, Alan H.

Table of Contents: “…Courses Toward Complexity: Florescence During the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B…”
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Tracking the Neolithic in the near East Lithic Perspectives on Its Origins, Development and Dispersals. by Nishiaki, Yoshihiro

Table of Contents: “…-- Evaluating the Role of Big Arrowheads of the Neolithic Levant -- Omry Barzilai and Hila May -- 3D Morpho-Metric Analysis of PPNB Arrowheads from MOTZA -- Preliminary Results…”
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Neolithic farming in Central Europe : an archaeobotanical study of crop husbandry practices / by Bogaard, Amy, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…The study area and its archaeological background -- Models of crop husbandry in Neolithic Central Europe -- The key variables of permanence, intensity, and seasonality and their wider implications -- Archaeobotanical, ecological and statistical methodology -- Testing the four major crop husbandry models -- Identification of separate ecological gradients and specific crop husbandry practices -- Conclusions: Neolithic farming in Central Europe.…”
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Connecting Networks by Kerig, Tim

Subjects: “…Neolithic period.…”
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Stories from the dark earth : meet the ancestors revisited. Episode 2, Families of the stone age

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Communities, Landscapes, and Interaction in Neolithic Greece. by Sarris, Apostolos

Table of Contents: “…Making Choices in a Neolithic Landscape.…”
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BIG MEN OR CHIEFS? : rondel builders of neolithic europe.

Subjects: “…Neolithic period Europe, Central.…”
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Territoires et ressources des sociétés néolithiques du Bassin Parisien : le cas du néolithique moyen (4500-3800 av. n. è.) by Lietar, Claira

Subjects: “…Neolithic period France, Northern.…”
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Le Néolithique ancien en Italie du sud : evolution des industries lithiques entre Vlle et Vle millénaire by Collina, Carmine

Subjects: “…Neolithic period Italy, Southern.…”
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Round Mounds and Monumentality in the British Neolithic and Beyond. by Leary, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 1 Design, geometry, and the metamorphosis of monuments; 2 " ... a place where they tried their criminals": Neolithic round moundsin Perth and Kinross; 3 Scotland's Neolithic non-megalithic round mounds: new dates, problems, and potential; 4 Tynwald Hill and the round mounds of the Isle of Man; 5 Recent work on the Neolithic round barrows of the upperGreat Wold Valley, Yorkshire; 6 "One of the most interesting barrows ever examined" -- Liffs Low revisited; 7 Neolithic round barrows on the Cotswolds.…”
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Final Neolithic Crete and the southeast Aegean / by Nowicki, Krzysztof

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Geography of the south Aegean -- The Neolithic beginning -- The final Neolithic in Crete : terminology and chronology -- The final Neolithic in Crete : the sites -- The final Neolithic in Crete : material culture -- The final Neolithic/late Chalcolithic in the southeast Aegean -- Concluding remarks.…”
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Health and Disease in the Neolithic Lengyel Culture by Smrčka, Václav

Table of Contents: “…Introduction (Václav Smrčka) -- 1.1 Definition of the Neolithic Demographic Transition -- 1.2 Adoption of Farming: Insect Patterns, the Origin of Complex Society -- 1.3 Archaeological Evidence of the Neolithic Diet -- 1.4 Biological Evidence of the Neolithic Diet -- 1.4.1 Trace Element Analyses -- 1.4.2 Isotopic Analyses-Distinguishing Neolithic Migratory Populations -- 1.5 Agriculture, the Probable Reason for Bone Pathology -- 1.5.1 Manifestation of Shortage and Disease -- 1.6 Agriculture and Zoonoses -- 1.7 The Aim of this Publication…”
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Contextualising the neolithic occupation of Southern Vietnam : the role of ceramics and potters at An Son / by Sarjeant, Carmen, 1985-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Unravelling the Neolithic of Southern Vietnam -- 2. Neolithic archaeology in Southeast Asia -- 3. …”
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A Neolithic Ceremonial Complex in Galloway Excavations at Dunragit and Droughduil, 1999-2002. by Thomas, Julian

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The neolithic transition and the genetics of populations in Europe / by Ammerman, Albert J., 1942-, Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (Luigi Luca), 1922-2018

Table of Contents: “…Cover ; Contents; 2 The Origins of Agriculture ; 3 The Neolithic Transition in Europe ; 4 Measuring the Rate of Spread; 5 The Wave of Advance Model ; 6 The Analysis of Genes ; 7 Simulation Studies.…”
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The evolution of Neolithic and Bronze Age landscapes : from Danubian longhouses to the stone rows of Dartmoor and Northern Scotland / by Carnes, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Stone Rows of Dartmoor and Northern Scotland; Chapter 3 The Semantic Structure and Function of the Dartmoor Rows; Chapter 4 Tulach an t-Sionnaich and Battle Moss: A Semiotic Evaluation of a Transition; Chapter 5 Structure, Function, and Motive in the Cairn Clusters of Northern Scotland; Chapter 6 A Theoretical Interlude: People, Adaptation, and Environment; Chapter 7 The Competitive Assertion of Ancestry in Neolithic Sequences; Chapter 8 Two Dartmoor Complexes and Aspects of Landscape Theory; Chapter 9 Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography.…”
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Ceci n'est pas une hache : Neolithic Depositions in the Northern Netherlands / by Wentink, Karsten

Table of Contents: “…Preface; 1Introduction; 1.1Introduction; 1.2Spatial and chronological framework; 1.3Past research; 1.4Research questions; 1.5Methodology; 1.5.1Database; 1.5.2Functional analysis; 1.5.3Spatial analysis; 2Theory and Interpretational Framework; 2.1 The distinction between ritual and profane; 2.2 Reconstructing structures; 2.3Isolating patterns; 2.3.1Pattern disturbing processes; 2.3.2Minimizing pattern disturbance; 2.4Interpreting patterns; 3The Funnelbeaker Culture; 3.1Introduction; 3.2The early Neolithic of the north-west European plain; 3.2.1Neolithisation.…”
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The archaeology of people : dimensions of Neolithic life / by Whittle, A. W. R.

Subjects: “…Neolithic period Europe.…”
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The archaeology of Japan : from the earliest rice farming villages to the rise of the state by Mizoguchi, Kōji, 1963-

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Persistent traditions : a long-term perspective on communities in the process of Neolithisation in the lower Rhine Area (5500-2500 cal BC)

Table of Contents: “…; 2.5 Defining scope; Notes; Thoughts on transition -- The Lower Rhine Area; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Neolithic successions: a brief overview; 3.3 On the fringe ... ; 3.3.1 Cultural developments; 3.3.2 Material developments and contact.…”
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People in the Mountains by Pelisiak, Andrzej

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Andrzej Pelisiak, Marek Nowak and Ciprian Astaloş -- The mountainous landscape as a viable alternative for the Neolithic -- Paweł Valde-Nowak -- From people to landscapes. …”
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Houses of the Dead by Barclay, Alistair

Table of Contents: “…Hypogea and the clubhouse: Neolithic Malta's houses of the living and houses of the dead : Robert P. …”
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Statements in stone : monuments and society in Neolithic Brittany / by Patton, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 MEGALITHS AND SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTION -- chapter 2 CENTRES OF PRODUCTION AND SPHERES OF INTERACTION -- Stone axe exchange in the Armorican Neolithic -- chapter 3 LONG MOUNDS AND GIANT MENHIRS -- Ritual landscapes of the first farmers -- chapter 4 MONUMENTS IN A COASTAL LANDSCAPE -- Passage graves of the Armorican Littoral -- chapter 5 STATEMENTS OF POWER AND SYMBOLS OF WEALTH -- The great mounds and alignments of the Carnac region -- chapter 6 LAND FOR THE LIVING, TOMBS FOR THE DEAD -- Burial monuments of the Late Neolithic -- chapter 7 SEALING THE TOMBS -- The abandonment of megaliths -- chapter 8 CONCLUSION: RITUAL LANDSCAPES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN THE ARMORICAN NEOLITHIC.…”
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Prehistoric figurines : representation and corporeality in the Neolithic / by Bailey, Douglass W. (Douglass Whitfield), 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Miniaturism and dimensionality -- Hamangia -- Anthropomorphism : dolls, portraits and body parts -- Cucuteni/tripolye -- Visual rhetoric, truth and the body -- Thessaly -- Subverting and manipulating reality -- Corporeal politics of being in the Neolithic.…”
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Professor Challenger and His Lost Neolithic World by MacKie, Euan W.

Table of Contents: “…-- Grooved Ware and regional Neolithic cultures -- Orkney Neolithic houses types -- 4.11. …”
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Decoding neolithic Atlantic and Mediterranean island ritual /

Table of Contents: “…Moving worlds: memory, mobility and mortality in the aceramic Neolithic of Cyprus; 11. Ritual and religion in Neolithic Crete?…”
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