Gordon Noble

Woodland in the Neolithic of Northern Europe

The Forest as Ancestor

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A detailed consideration of the ways in which human-environment relations altered with the beginnings of agriculture in the Neolithic of northern Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 180mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781107159839
• ISBN-10: 1107159830
• Artikelnr.: 45153397

Autorenporträt

Gordon Noble is Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen. He is author of Neolithic Scotland: Timber, Stone, Earth and Fire (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

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.