| Guide Picks - Recent Books in European Archaeology | |||||
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1.) Ancient Ireland Before the Celts This lively survey of Irish archaeology contains a wealth of information concerning the prehistory of Ireland from the first human occupations, about 8000 years B.C., to the end of the Late Bronze Age, 700 BC.
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2.) Fragmentation in Archaeology A new book by John Chapman takes a post-processual look at the Mesolithic through Copper periods of central and eastern Europe, and piques this reader's interest mightily.
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3.) Grahame Clarke: An Intellectual Biography A new biography by Brian Fagan of archaeologist Grahame Clark provides a tremendously enlightening glimpse into the roots of scientific archaeology, and thus the inborn biases that professionals all wrestle with today.
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4.) Balkan Prehistory Subtitled "Exclusion, Incorporation and Identity," this book by Douglass W. Bailey provides a glimpse into how life was changing between 6500 and 2500 BC.
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