The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain: Volume 14 (Developments in Quaternary Science, Volume 14) - Hardcover

Ashton, Nick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444535977 ISBN 13: 9780444535979

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2010

Synopsis

This book consists of a series of chapters that bring together the results of AHOB (Ancient Human Occupation of Britain) project work on the Palaeolithic occupation of Britain within its European context. Each chapter focuses on a specific theme with evidence presented from new fieldwork and recent research on collections and archive, using an array of new analytical techniques. Although each chapter will be a stand-alone contribution, they are linked through the overall aims and results of the AHOB project. Introductory and summary chapters will draw the results together. The key features of the book include: features an up-to-date treatment of the record of human presence in the British Isles during the Palaeolithic period (700,000 - 10,000 years before present); takes multidisciplinary approach that includes archaeology, geochemistry, geochronology, stratigraphy, and sedimentology; and coincides with the culmination of the AHOB project in 2010, providing a benchmark statement on the record of human occupation in Britain that can be utilized and tested by future research.

About this title

Product Description

The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project (AHOB) aims to investigate the record of human presence in Britain from the earliest occupation until the end of the last Ice Age. This book presents the results of fieldwork and research on old sites from museum collections using an array of analytical techniques.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444535977
• ISBN 13: 9780444535979
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Nick Ashton, Simon Lewis, Chris Stringer