Neolithic Houses in Northwest Europe and Beyond (Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers)

A digital reprint which makes available again the first publication of the Neolithic Studies Group, containing papers given to a special colloquium on the `structures' of Neolithic Europe. Contributions include: Neolithic houses in mainland Britain and Ireland - a skeptical view (Julian Thomas); Houses in context: Building as process (Alasdair Whitlle); A Central European Perspective (Jonathon Last); Neolithic houses in Ireland (Eoin Grogan); Neolithic buildings in Scotland (Gordon Barclay); Neolithic buildings in England, Wales and the Isle of Man (Tim Darvill); Mesolithic or later houses at Bowmans Farm, Romsey Extra, Hampshire (Francis Green); Ballygalley houses, co.Antrim (Derek Simpson); Later Neolthic Structires at Trelystan, Powys (Alex Gibson); Life, times and works of House 59, Tell Ovcharovo, Bulgaria (Douglass Bailey); Structure ans ritual in Neolithic houses (Peter Topping); Architecture and Cosmology in the Balinese house: life is not that simple (Colin Richards); Houses in the Neolithic imagination: an Amazonian Example (Christine Hugh-Jones).

Table of Contents

Foreword by the Co-ordinators of the Neolithic Studies Group
Abbreviations
Preface and acknowledgements
List of Contributors

1. Neolithic houses in mainland Britain and Ireland - A sceptical view (Julian Thomas)
2. Houses in context: Buildings as process (Alasdair Whittle)
3. Neolithic houses - A central European perspective (Jonathan Last)
4. Neolithic houses in Ireland (Eoin Grogan)
5. Neolithic buildings in Scotland (Gordan J Barclay)
6. Neolithic buidings in England, Wales and the Isle of Man (Timothy Darvill )
7. Nesolithic or later houses at Bowmans Farm, Romsey Extra, Hampshire, England? (Francis J Green)
8.Ballygalley houses, Co. Antrim, Ireland (Derek Simpson)
9. The later Neolithic structures at Trelystan, Powys, Wales: Ten years on (Alex Gibson)
10. The life, times and works of House 59, Tell Ovcharovo, Bulgaria (Douglass W Bailey)
11. Structure and ritual in the Neolithic house: Some examples from Britain and Ireland (Peter Topping)
12. Life is not that simple: Architecture and cosmology in the Balinese house (Colin Richards)
13. Houses in the Neolithic imagination: An Amazonian example (Chrisitine Hugh-Jones)
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