Introduction: transitions and transformations

Whittle, Alasdair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6811-8724 and Cummings, Vicki 2007. Introduction: transitions and transformations. Whittle, Alasdair and Cummings, Vicki, eds. Going Over: The Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North-West Europe, OUP/British Academy, pp. 1-4. (10.5871/bacad/9780197264140.003.0001)

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Abstract

This introductory chapter begins with a brief discussion of the significance of the transition from hunter-gatherer existence to farming society. It raises the following question: What if we started with the radical premise that most or all societies in the post-glacial period – whatever their subsistence or technological base – were normally in a state of transformation, which would offer a quite different perspective on the holy grail of finding moments of Mesolithic–Neolithic transition? The chapter then sets out the focus of the book, namely the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in north-west Europe.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	OUP/British Academy
ISBN:	9780197264140
Last Modified:	31 May 2024 21:13
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163036

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