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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Archaeology and the National Roads Authority
Edited by J. O'Sullivan
Reviewed by Roy Canham (Wiltshire County Council)
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British Prehistoric Rock Art
Stan Beckensall
Reviewed by Andrew B. Powell (Wessex Archaeology)
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Le Rocher De La Caille: Un Site Magdalénien Du Plein Air Au Saut-Du-Perron
Edited by H. Deloge and L. Deloge
Reviewed by P.B. Pettitt (University of Sheffield)
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Le Site Mésolithique Des Baraquettes (Velzic, Cantal) Et Le Peuplement De La Moyenne Mantagne Catal
Edited by F. Surmely
Reviewed by P.B. Pettitt (University of Sheffield)
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Les Néandertaliens De La Chaise
Silvana Condemi
Reviewed by Simon Underdown (University of Cambridge)
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Neolitni Pogrebalni Obredi. Intramuralni Grobove Ot Bulgarskite Zemi V Konteksta Na Jugoiztochna Evr
Krum Buchvarov
Reviewed by Bisserka Gaydarska (Sofia)
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Power and Island Communities: Excavations At the Wardy Hill Ringwork, Coveney, Ely
Christopher Evans
Reviewed by Trevor Ashwin (Norfolk Archaeology)
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Researching the Iron Age, Edited
Jodie Humphrey
Reviewed by Richard Hingley (Durham University)
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Sand, Stones, and Bones: the Archaeology of Death in the Wadi Tanezzuft Valley (5000-2000 Bp), Ed. S
Edited by Savino Di Lernia and Giorgio Manzi
Reviewed by Sonia Zakrzewski (University of Southampton)
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A Zest For Life: the Story of Alexander Keiller
Lynda J. Murray
Reviewed by Mike Pitts (Marlborough)
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Avebury: the Biography of a Landscape
Joshua Pollard and Andrew Reynolds
Reviewed by Mike Pitts (Marlborough)
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Mansio Idimum - Roman Post Station Near Medvedja
Miloje Vasic And Gordana Milosevic
Reviewed by John Wilkes (University College London)
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Monuments of the British Neolithic: the Roots of Architecture
Miles Russell
Reviewed by Mike Pitts (Marlborough)
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The Archaeology of Ardleigh, Essex, Excavations 1955-1980
N.R. Brown
Reviewed by Dominic Barker (Southampton University)
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Time Depth in Historical Linguistics, Edited
Colin Renfrew, April McMahon and Larry Trask
Reviewed by Margaret Clegg (University College London)
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Solutré 1968-1998 Edited
Jean Combier and Anta Montet-White
Reviewed by Katie Boyle (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3ER)
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The Prehistory of the East Midlands Claylands: aspects of settlement and land-use from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age in central England
Patrick Clay
Reviewed by Jim Williams (English Heritage)
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Crannogs: a Study of People's Interaction With Lakes, With Particular Reference To Lough Gara in T
Christina Fredengren
Reviewed by Jo Brück
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In the Shadow of the Brochs: the Iron Age in Scotland
Edited by B. Balin Smith and I. Banks
Reviewed by Richard Hingley (University of Durham)
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Industrie De L'os Préhistorique, Cahier X: Compresseurs, Percuteurs, Retouchoirs
Marylène Patou-Mathis
Reviewed by Enzo Ferrara (Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris,)
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