(Ebook) Neolithic Houses in Northwest Europe and Beyond by Timothy Darvill, Julian Thomas ISBN 9781842170762, 1842170767

(Ebook) Neolithic Houses in Northwest Europe and Beyond by Timothy Darvill, Julian Thomas ISBN 9781842170762, 1842170767

A digital reprint which makes available again the first publication of the Neolithic Studies Group, containing papers given to a special colloquium on the `structures' of Neolithic Europe. Contributions include: Neolithic houses in mainland Britain and Ireland - a skeptical view (Julian Thomas); Houses in context: Building as process (Alasdair Whitlle); A Central European Perspective (Jonathon Last); Neolithic houses in Ireland (Eoin Grogan); Neolithic buildings in Scotland (Gordon Barclay); Neolithic buildings in England, Wales and the Isle of Man (Tim Darvill); Mesolithic or later houses at Bowmans Farm, Romsey Extra, Hampshire (Francis Green); Ballygalley houses, co.Antrim (Derek Simpson); Later Neolthic Structires at Trelystan, Powys (Alex Gibson); Life, times and works of House 59, Tell Ovcharovo, Bulgaria (Douglass Bailey); Structure ans ritual in Neolithic houses (Peter Topping); Architecture and Cosmology in the Balinese house: life is not that simple (Colin Richards); Houses in the Neolithic imagination: an Amazonian Example (Christine Hugh-Jones).Table of ContentsForeword by the Co-ordinators of the Neolithic Studies Group Abbreviations Preface and acknowledgements List of Contributors1. Neolithic houses in mainland Britain and Ireland - A sceptical view (Julian Thomas) 2. Houses in context: Buildings as process (Alasdair Whittle) 3. Neolithic houses - A central European perspective (Jonathan Last) 4. Neolithic houses in Ireland (Eoin Grogan) 5. Neolithic buildings in Scotland (Gordan J Barclay) 6. Neolithic buidings in England, Wales and the Isle of Man (Timothy Darvill ) 7. Nesolithic or later houses at Bowmans Farm, Romsey Extra, Hampshire, England? (Francis J Green) 8.Ballygalley houses, Co. Antrim, Ireland (Derek Simpson) 9. The later Neolithic structures at Trelystan, Powys, Wales: Ten years on (Alex Gibson) 10. The life, times and works of House 59, Tell Ovcharovo, Bulgaria (Douglass W Bailey) 11. Structure and ritual in the Neolithic house: Some examples from Britain and Ireland (Peter Topping) 12. Life is not that simple: Architecture and cosmology in the Balinese house (Colin Richards) 13. Houses in the Neolithic imagination: An Amazonian example (Chrisitine Hugh-Jones) Bibliography