Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index.
Contents
A brief history of environmental archaeology -- Sociality and environment -- Textures help a person think -- Chalkland landscapes -- Climate -- Surveys in temperate and Mediterranean countries -- Text, monuments and land -- Transhumance -- Hunting and death in Neanderthal Europe -- Origins of farming in south-west Asia -- Conclusions.
Summary
This original and controversial volume sets a new agenda for the study and understanding of environmental archaeology. Environmental Archaeology and the Social Order shows the environment as a means through which people explore their social world.
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