The Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe

NOTE EDITORE

Research into the Mesolithic has recently undergone important transformations, making it one of the most dynamic fields of archaeological research today. These changes are the result of a combination of factors: new and exciting discoveries, the impact of innovative scientific methods, and the introduction of fresh interpretative approaches. Situated within a long period defined by significant environmental, demographic, and social change, the European Mesolithic period provides key insights to answer the "big questions" in archaeology, including the deep history of migration, diversity, and adaptation. It also provides resources for elucidating answers to complex questions about human relationships, diet, economy, and identity. New theoretical approaches to the Mesolithic in Europe have expanded research into new areas such as lived experience, ritual, cosmology, art, identity, the body, and human-animal relationships. These new research questions have added important nuance, and provided a more complete understanding of the period. With contributions from leading scholars in the field and from across the continent, The Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe provides the first comprehensive overview of the rich archaeology of Mesolithic Europe. Chapters on different European regions, as well as neighboring areas in North Africa and the Middle East, provide a synoptic view, with thematic chapters examining the lived experience of different kinds of landscapes and adaptations, different forms of technology, and aspects of Mesolithic life, death, ritual, cosmology, and art. The volume highlights both the significance of interdisciplinary research for the field, and the importance of combining perspectives and approaches when studying the deep past.

SOMMARIO

1 - Introduction: The Archaeology of Mesolithic Europe2 - The Mesolithic: What is it and Why Should We Care?3 - Early and Middle Holocene Climate and Environmental Change4 - Time Matters: Chronology in the European Mesolithic5 - Mesolithic Landscapes and Niche Construction: A Great Capability for Misunderstanding6 - Eastern Europe7 - The Baltic Basin: Northern Germany to the Baltic States8 - Northern Scandinavia9 - Southern Scandinavia10 - Doggerland11 - Britain and Ireland12 - Continental European Plain13 - The Black Sea Area14 - The Atlantic Coast (Western France, Northern Spain and Portugal)15 - Continental France and the Benelux16 - Alpine Region (Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and Northern Italy)17 - The Western Mediterranean Coast and Islands (Spain, Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, France, Italy, Sicily, and North Africa)18 - The Eastern Mediterranean19 - Southeast Europe (The Balkans and the Danube)20 - The Natufian Archaeological Culture in Southwestern Asian Epipalaeolithic Context21 - Sea22 - Rivers23 - The Pioneer Experience: A Perspective from the Early Mesolithic Site Complex at Pauler, Eastern Norway24 - Mountains and High Altitudes25 - Shell Middens and Shells26 - Wetland Landscapes27 - Inland/Forest28 - Who Were the Mesolithic People: The Archaeogenomic Perspective29 - Hunter-Gatherer Mobility and Sedentism30 - Identity, Gender, and Power: Life Histories of Personal Ornaments, Stone Tools, and Other Artefacts31 - Demography, Life Histories, and Population Dynamics32 - Violence33 - Sensory Experiences34 - Food and Diet: A Châine Opératoire Perspective on Hunter-Gatherer Food Practice35 - Coexistence with Neolithic Neighbours36 - Relationships with the Environment: Plants and Animals37 - Shelter and Dwellings38 - Hunting39 - Fishing40 - The Plant Food Diet of Mesolithic Northwestern Europe41 - Art and Symbolism: The Forms and Meanings of the Portable Art of the East European Plain Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers42 - Pottery Production among European Foragers43 - Lithic Technology44 - Bone Tool Technology45 - Quarrying and Lithic Procurement46 - Animal Domestication in the Mesolithic47 - Flint Exchange48 - Exchange of Amber49 - Birch, Pine, and Other Adhesive Technologies50 - Human Remains in Non-Burial Contexts51 - From the Treatment of the Body to the Places of the Dead52 - Rock Images of the Dead: Glimpses of Past Mortuary Processes or Pictures of a Plaguea53 - The Handling of the Dead Body: Transformations from Life to Death54 - Forager Cosmologies in Northernmost Europe55 - Human-Animal Relationships56 - Metamorphosis57 - Sculpture and Art (Portable and Non-Portable)58 - Rock Art59 - Hoarding

AUTORE

Liv Nilsson Stutz is Professor of Archaeology at Linnaeus University and has a background in archaeology and biological anthropology. She is a specialist in burial archaeology with a particular focus on archeothanatology, ritual practice, ritual theory, and body theory, which she has applied in a reinterpretation of Mesolithic mortuary practices with case studies in Scandinavia, the Eastern Baltic, and Portugal. Her work also engages concepts of hunter gatherer cosmology and ontology. She has published broadly on the archaeology of death, archaeological method and theory, ritual theory, and on issues of research ethics. Rita Peyroteo Stjerna is a Researcher at the Department of Organismal Biology, Upssala University. She is a bioarchaeologist specializing in mortuary archaeology.She is trained in archaeothanatology, ancient DNA, radiocarbon, and stable isotopes. She thrives in interdisciplinary environments and has been working with archaeological human remains in museums in Europe, Africa, and Southeast Asia. She holds a PhD in archaeology from Uppsala University, focusing on the role of mortuary ritual practice in Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, and she has published on Holocene hunter-gatherers in Western Europe integrating multiple disciplines. Her main interests are mortuary archaeology, archaeological science, and ethical issues concerning the biomolecular research of ancient human remains. Mari Tõrv is Associate Professor in Archaeology at the Institute of History and Archaeology, University of Tartu. She is an archaeologist with a multi-disciplinary background in archaeology, human osteology, archaeothanatology, stable isotope studies, and ritual studies. Her research interests are wide, extending from hunter-gatherer mortuary practices and identities to the genetic history of Nordic and Eastern European populations together with life and death ways of early farmers and first Christians. Currently, her work bridges archaeology and chemistry to reconstruct past food ways and explore the research potential of archaeological human remains in general. Her work involves the application of the state-of-the-art methods in stable isotope studies and their combination with other biomolecular analysis to form narratives about past lifestyles.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780198853657
• Collana: Oxford Handbooks
• Dimensioni: 250 x 50.0 x 180 mm Ø 2262 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: 260 colour illustrations
• Pagine Arabe: 1096