Whittle Collection

Key Papers by Prehistorian Alasdair Whittle on European Neolithic Archaeology

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Alasdair Whittle is one of the most influential British prehistorians of the late 20th to early 21st century. This volume in our new Reflections series re-presents some of his most important papers published in Oxbow titles and celebrates his contribution to our understanding of Neolithic lifeways and the development of Neolithic society in Britain and Europe. The collection illustrates his pioneering work in the interpretation of both monumental and settlement sites, and the spread and nature of early farming in central and western Europe, including investigation of LBK longhouse life. Alasdair has also been at the forefront of the application of Bayesian statistics in radiocarbon dating, helping to revolutionise chronologies at a variety of geographical and temporal scales. This volume seeks to reflect some of the best of his innovative thinking and influence as seen through his publications with Oxbow.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-01-16
Mått152 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt424 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagCasemate Publishers
ISBN9798888572429

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Alasdair Whittle is Emeritus Professor in archaeology at Cardiff University, where he taught in the Department of Archaeology and Conservation for many years. He specialises in the Neolithic of Britain and Europe, has researched across a wide range of themes and has excavated in Britain, Hungary and Germany. He has published extensively. In recent years, working closely with Alex Bayliss and others, he has been concerned with the construction of robust and precise chronologies, through the application of formal chronological modelling of radiocarbon dates, numerous case studies across various regions and phases of Neolithic Europe have been interrogated for their historical implications.

SourcesEditorial notePreface1. Introduction: Getting Started and Keeping Going 2. Lived Experience in the Early Neolithic of the Great Hungarian Plain (from D. Bailey, A. Whittle and V. Cummings (eds), (Un)settling the Neolithic. 2005)3. The People Who Lived in Longhouses: What’s the Big Idea? (from D. Hofmann and P. Bickle (eds), Creating Communities: New Advances in Central European Neolithic Research. 2009) 4. Being Alive and Being Dead: House and Grave in the LBK (from A.M. Jones, J. Pollard, M.J. Allen and J. Gardiner (eds), Image, Memory and Monumentality: Archaeological Engagements with the Material World. 2012)5. Performing LBK Lifeways (from P. Bickle and A. Whittle (eds), The First Farmers of Central Europe: Diversity in LBK Lifeways. 2013)6. Houses in Context: Buildings as Process (from T. Darvill and J. Thomas (eds), Neolithic Houses in Northwest Europe and Beyond. 1996)7. As We Were Saying: Connecting People and Places (from M.J. Allen, N. Sharples and T. O’Connor (eds), Land and People: Papers in Memory of John Evans. 2009)8. Stones that Float to the Sky: Portal Dolmens and their Landscapes of Memory and Myth (from V. Cummings and C. Fowler (eds), The Neolithic of the Irish Sea: Materiality and Traditions of Practice. 2004)9. Grand Narratives and Shorter Stories (from A. Hadjikoumis, E. Robinson and S. Viner (eds), Dynamics of Neolithisation in Europe: Studies in Honour of Andrew Sherratt. 2011) 10. The First Stones: Taking and Keeping the Land (with William Britnell and Seren Griffiths, from W. Britnell and A. Whittle (eds) The First Stones: Penywyrlod, Gwernvale and the Black Mountains Neolithic Long Cairns of South-East Wales. 2022)11. A Decade On: Revised Timings for Causewayed Enclosures in Southern Britain (with Alex Bayliss and Frances Healy, from J. Last (ed.), Marking Place: New Perspectives on Early Neolithic Enclosures. 2021)12. Kinds of History: The Future of the Neolithic Past (from The Times of Their Lives: Hunting History in the Archaeology of Neolithic Europe. 2018)