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 Story of Stonehenge
Patricia Southern
Reviewed by Alex Gibson (University of Bradford)
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Animals as Domesticates. A World View Through History
J. Clutton-Brock
Reviewed by Umberto Albarella (University of Sheffield)
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Beyond the Ice. Creswell Crags and its Place in a Wider European Context
Matthew Beresford
Reviewed by Paul G. Bahn and Paul Pettitt (Seminari d'Estudis i Recerques Prehistòriques, Universitat de Barcelona and University of Sheffield)
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Dissent with Modification: Human Origins, Palaeolithic Archaeology and Evolutionary Anthropology
John Mcnabb
Reviewed by Geoff M. Smith (Institution: Monrepos Archaeological Research Centre & Museum for Human Behavioural Evolution, RGZM. Germany)
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Mortuary Customs in Prehistoric Malta: Excavations at the Brochtorff Circle at Xaghra (1987-94)
Edited by Caroline Malone, Simon Stoddart, Anthony Bonanno and David Trump with Tancred Gouder and Anthony Pace
Reviewed by Mike Parker Pearson (Institute of Archaeology, University College London)
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Settlement Sites and Sacred Offerings. Prehistoric and Later Archaeology in the Thames Valley
Graham Hayman, Phil Jones and Rob Poulton
Reviewed by Alex Lang (Independent Researcher)
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Atlantic Europe in the First Millennium BC: Crossing The Divide
Edited by Tom Moore and Xosé-Lois Armada
Reviewed by Timothy Champion (University of Southampton)
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Neanderthals Among Mammoths. Excavations at Lynford Quarry, Norfolk
W.A. Boismier, C. Gamble And F. Coward
Reviewed by Francis Wenban-Smith (Department of Archaeology University of Southampton)
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An Examination of Stone Bracers from Britain
Edited by Ann Woodward and John Hunter
Reviewed by Sasja van der Vaart (Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University)
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Bronze Age Ceremonial Enclosures And Cremation Cemetery At Eye Kettleby, Leicestershire
Neil Finn
Reviewed by Alistair Barclay (Wessex Archaeology)
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Excavations at Grimes Graves. Norfolk 1972-1976
Ian Longworth, G. Varndell and Jacek Lech
Reviewed by Alex Gibson (University of Bradford)
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Interweaving Worlds: Systemic Interactions in Eurasia, 7th to the 1st Millennia BC
Edited by T.C. Wilkinson, S. Sherratt and J. Bennet
Reviewed by T.J. Wilkinson (Durham University)
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Regional Perspectives on Neolithic Pit Deposition: Beyond the Mundane
Edited by Hugo Anderson-Whymark and Julian Thomas
Reviewed by Jonathan Last (English Heritage)
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Shadowland Wales 3000-1500BC
S. Burrow
Reviewed by David Field
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The Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen. Bell Beaker burials at Boscombe Down, Amesbury
A.P. Fitzpatrick
Reviewed by Harry Fokkens (Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University)
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The First Mediterranean Islanders: Initial Occupation and Survival Strategies
Edited by Nellie Phoca-Cosmetatou
Reviewed by Kenneth D. Thomas (Institute of Archaeology, University College London)
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Forces of Transformation: the End of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean
Edited by Christoph Bachhuber and R. Gareth Roberts
Reviewed by Caroline Malone (Queen's University Belfast)
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Mesolithic Occupation at Bouldnor Cliff and the Submerged Prehistoric Landscapes of the Solent
Edited by G. Momber, D. Tomalin, R. Scaife, J. Satchell and J. Gillespie
Reviewed by Graeme Warren (UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin)
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Prehistoric Gloucestershire: Forests and Vales and High Blue Hills
Timothy Darvill
Reviewed by Tom Moore (University of Durham)
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Prehistoric Wiltshire: an Illustrated Guide
Bob Clarke
Reviewed by Andrew J. Lawson (Salisbury)
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