The Neolithic cultures of the British Isles : a study of the stone-using agricultural communities of Britain in the second millennium B.C
Piggott, Stuart1970
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After an outline of the continental background of the British neolithic cultures the book contains two subdivisions. Professor Piggott first describes those cultures which he classes as primary: that is, those brought to Britain by colonists who brought a knowledge of agriculture. He then shows how there arose derivative secondary neolithic cultures showing a resurgence of earlier characteristics. Finally all the British neolithic cultures are considered in relation to one another and to their continental setting, and an outline of relative chronology is made. Professor Piggott no longer holds the view that the neolithic cultures should be classed as primary and secondary, and outlines his reasons in the new Preface. In spite of these basic alterations to the interpretation of the material, the book still remains a standard conspectus of the evidence.
Main title:
The Neolithic cultures of the British Isles : a study of the stone-using agricultural communities of Britain in the second millennium B.C / by Stuart Piggott, Abercromby Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology in the University of Edinburgh.
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Imprint:
Cambridge : University Press, 1970 (1954)
Collation:
xxiv, 420 p. : chron. tables, diags., maps, plates ; 22 cm.
Notes:
First published in 1953. Reprinted, with a preface to the new edition, in 1970.Bibliography.Includes index.
ISBN:
0521077818
Language:
English
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