Book reviews

The Prehistoric Society provides reviews of recently published books on all areas of prehistory. We handpick experts on relevant fields to produce thoughtful reviews that summarise content and present individual perspectives on new publications.

We also accept proposals for reviews. Please get in touch with our Reviews Editor via reviews@prehistoricsociety.org if you’d like to discuss an idea for a review. Guidelines for reviews can be found below.

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The Archaeology of Cyprus from Earliest Prehistory Through the Bronze Age
A. Bernard Knapp
Reviewed by Bob Chapman (University of Reading)
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The Iron Age on the Northumberland Coastal Plain: Excavations in Advance of Development 2002-2010
N. Hodgson, J. Mckelvey and W. Muncaster
Reviewed by Richard Hingley (Durham University)
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The Early and Middle Bronze Age Spearheads of Britain
Richard Davis
Reviewed by Stuart Needham (Honorary Research Fellow, National Museum Wales)
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Iron Age Hillforts in Britain and Beyond
D.W. Harding
Reviewed by Alex Lang (Visiting Lecturer University of Nottingham)
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Star Carr: Life in Britain after the Ice Age
N. Milner, B. Taylor, C. Conneller and T. Schadla-Hall
Reviewed by Hannah Cobb (Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Manchester)
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From Funerary Monuments to Household Pottery Current Advances in Funnel Beaker Culture (TRB/TBK)
Edited by J.A. Bakker, S.B.C. Bloo and M.K. Dütting
Reviewed by Alex Gibson (University of Bradford)
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Plant Use and Crop Husbandry in an Early Neolithic Village. Vaihingen an der Enz, Baden-Württemberg
Amy Bogaard
Reviewed by Christoph Herbig (Independent researcher, Rodenbach, Germany)
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A Kaleidoscope of Gathering at Keinsmerbrug (the Netherlands)
Edited by B.I. Smit, O. Brinkkemper, J.P. Kleijne, R.C.G.M. Lauwerier and E.M. Theunissen
Reviewed by Joshua Pollard (University of Southampton)
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Iron Age Hillforts in Britain and Beyond
D.W. Harding
Reviewed by Alex Lang (University of Nottingham)
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A Forged Glamour: Landscape, Identity and Material Culture in the Iron Age
Melanie Giles
Reviewed by Peter S. Wells (University of Minnesota)
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D'une révolution à  l'autre Pour une épistémologie de la problématique de transition en Préhistoire
Virginie Guillomet-Malmassari
Reviewed by Noël Coye (Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Paris)
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NW Europe in Transition: The Early Neolithic in Britain and South Sweden
Edited by Mats Larsson and Jolene Debert
Reviewed by Peter Rowley-Conwy (University of Durham)
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Reitberg and Salzkotten-Thüle Beginning and End of the Federmesser Groups in Westphalia
Edited by Heinz-Werner Dämmer, Jürgen Richter and Andreas Zimmermann
Reviewed by Paul Pettitt (University of Durham)
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Technologies of Enchantment? Exploring Celtic Art: 400 BC to AD 100
Duncan Garrow and Chris Gosden
Reviewed by Fraser Hunter (National Museum of Scotland)
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Mořice Funerary Areas of the Bell Beaker Period on the D1 Vyškov
Edited by P. Dvořák and A. Matějíčková
Reviewed by Alex Gibson (University of Bradford)
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Siedlungen Der Glockenbechkultur In Mähren. Katalog Der Funde
Edited by J. Ondráček, P. Dvořák and A. Matějíčková
Reviewed by Alex Gibson (University of Bradford)
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Darwin's Apprentice: An Archaeological Biography of John Lubbock
Janet Owen
Reviewed by Alison M. Pearn (Darwin Correspondence Project, University of Cambridge)
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The Prehistory of Iberia. Debating Early Social Stratification and the State
Edited by Maria Cruz Berrocal, Leonardo Garcia Sanjuan and Antonio Gilman
Reviewed by Bob Chapman (University of Reading)
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A Landscape of Borders: the Prehistory of the Anglo-Welsh Borderland
David Mullin
Reviewed by Keith Ray (Herefordshire Council)
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Death and Dying in the Neolithic Near East
Karina Croucher
Reviewed by Alex Gibson (Bradford)
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