Mesolithic in Britain

<p><em>The Mesolithic in Britain</em> proposes a new division of the Mesolithic period into four parts each with its distinct character.</p><p>The Mesolithic has previously been seen as timeless where little changed over thousands of years. This new synthesis draws on advances in scientific dating to understand the Mesolithic inhabitation of Britain as a historical process. The period was in fact a time of profound change: houses monuments middens long-term use of sites and regions manipulation of the environment and the symbolic deposition of human and animal remains all emerged as significant practices in Britain for the first time. The book describes the lives of the first pioneers in the Early Mesolithic; the emergence of new modes of inhabitation in the Middle Mesolithic; the regionally diverse settlement of the Late Mesolithic; and the radical changes of the final millennium of the period. The first synthesis of Mesolithic Britain since 1932 it takes both a chronological and a regional approach.</p><p>This book will serve as an essential text for anyone studying the period: undergraduate and graduate students specialists in the field and community archaeology groups.</p>