This book employs contemporary theoretical perspectives to investigate the Neolithic period in southern britain. It is a fully reworked edition of the author's Rethinking the Neolithic (1991).
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It seems particularly ironic that prehistoric archaeology systematically erases those qualities of the past which attract us to it in the first place. Read the first page
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In this book, Dr Thomas has examined much of the evidence about the Neolithic and has sought to re-interpret the society that produced it. In doing so he has revealed as untenable many of the truisms long held about early farming societies and has looked with a fresh eye on the familiar,and revealing the circularity of many of the established arguments long assumed to be fact Many of Dr Thomas' conclusions seem at once obvious and revolutionary, building up new theories from that which can be demonstrated to be fact. This is not an easy read. Dr Thomas is both challenging and complex in his analysis and interpretation of the available evidence. What he has achieved is a work both exciting and compelling in his convincing and original vision of Britain five millenia ago.
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This book is not really for the lay reader. Too many cross references to other writers and other disciplines such as sociology and psychology and if you are not familiar with modernism and post modernism and others then the point and the theory behind this book beomes very confusing. Must admit I have given up trying and I have read many books on this subject without having formal qualificatilons in the subject.
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