The Neolithic of Britain and Ireland provides a comprehensive overview of this exciting period, covering the last few hundred years of the Mesolithic and the arrival and spread of the Neolithic up to the start of the early Beaker period: roughly 2000 years of prehistory.Drawing on the latest excavations and the results of new scientific techniques, this book considers what life was like for people in the Neolithic and how they were treated when they died. It explores in de...

This book provides a basic introduction to key debates in the study of hunter-gatherers, specifically from an anthropological perspective, but designed for an archaeological audience. Hunter-gatherers have been the focus of intense anthropological research and discussion over the last hundred years, and as such there is an enormous literature on communities all over the world. Yet, among the diverse range of peoples studied, there are a number of recurrent themes, including not only the wa...

The Diet Guide is a guide to three different diet plans the comfort food diet plan, the anti inflammation diet, and the blood type diet. The guide will help by listing diet recipes including anti inflammatory diet foods and comfort food ideas as well as recipes for blood types. The Diet Guide features these sections: comfort Food Diet, Comfort Food What Is It, Comfort Food Breakfast Recipes, Comfort Food Lunches, Comfort Food Dinners, Comfort Food Dinners, Comfort Food Desserts, Your Comfo...

At the heart of this study are the early Neolithic chambered tombs of the Irish Sea zone, defined as west Wales, the west coast of northern Britain, coastal south and western Scotland, the western isles and the Isle of Man, and the eastern coast of Ireland. In order to understand these monuments, there must be a broader consideration of their landscape settings. The landscape setting of the chambered tombs is considered in detail, both overall and through a number of specific case studies,...

The definitive guide to the stone circles of Britain and IrelandFrom Stonehenge and the Ring of Brogdar to the Rollright Stones and Avebury, the British and Irish Isles are scattered with the stone circles of our prehistoric ancestors. Although there have been many theories to explain them, to this day there is no consensus about their purpose.Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings provide a clear and illuminating field guide to 424 key stone circle sites in Bri...

In this book we offer an exciting new perspective on a distinctive form of megalithic monument that is found across most areas of northern Europe. In order to achieve this we have abandoned outmoded typological classifications and reintroduced the term ‘dolmen’ to embrace a range of sites that share a common form of megalithic architecture: the elevation and display of a substantial stone. By critically assessing the traditionally assigned role of these monuments and their architecture as ...

For more than a century, the study of hunting and gathering societies has been central to the development of both archaeology and anthropology as academic disciplines, and has also generated widespread public interest and debate. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Hunter-Gatherers provides a comprehensive review of hunter-gatherer studies to date, including critical engagements with older debates, new theoretical perspectives, and renewed obligations for gr...

The Archaeology of Britain provides an up-to-date introduction to the archaeology of Britain from the reoccupation of the landmass by Homo sapiens during the later stages of the most recent Ice Age until last century.This fully revised third edition offers expanded coverage and includes updates relating to the latest research and advances in scientific dating and other techniques. This includes the results of the latest analyses of ancient DNA, alongside new isoto...

Autorii acestei cărți propun pacientelor un ghid pentru minimizarea efectelor secundare și maximizarea calității vieții. Volumul Cancerul de sân: cum să trăiești cu el a apărut în urma unei noi abordări integrate a îngrijirii cancerului și este produsul a peste 10 ani de lucru cu mulți dintre aceiași pacienți, răspunzând la întrebările lor. Autorii explică cum ar putea fi minimalizate simptomele și efectele secundare ale tratamentului și prezintă strategii de adaptare pentru...