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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La Gestión de Los Recursos Minerales En Las Sociedades Cazadoras-Recolectoras
Xavier Terradas
Reviewed by Enzo Ferrara (Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris,)
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Matériaux, Productions, Circulations Du Néolithique - L'Age Du Bronze
Edited by Jean Guilain
Reviewed by Enzo Ferrara (Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale Galileo Ferraris,)
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Grooved Ware in Britain and Ireland (Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers 3)
Rosamund Cleal
Reviewed by Alison Sheridan (National Museums of Scotland)
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A New Link To the Past: the Archaeological Landscape of the M1-A1 Link Road
Edited by I. Roberts, A. Burgess and D. Berg
Reviewed by John Cruse
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Downland Settlement and Land-Use: the Archaeology of the Brighton Bypass
Edited by D. Rudling
Reviewed by John Cruse
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Excavations On the Norwich Southern Bypass, 1989-91, Part I: Excavations At Bixley, Caistor St Edmun
T. Ashwin and S. Bates
Reviewed by John Cruse
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Landscapes, Rock-Art and the Dreaming: An Archaeology of Preunderstanding
David Bruno
Reviewed by Robert J. Wallis (Richmond the American International University in London)
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Late Iron Age and Roman Silchester: Excavations in the Site of the Forum-Basilica 1977, 1980-1986
Michael Fulford And Jane Timby
Reviewed by Louise Revell (Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton)
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Le Berry Antique: Milieu, Hommes, Espaces, Supplément No.21 - La Revue Archéologique Du Centre B
C. Batardy, O. Buchsenschutz and F. Dumasay
Reviewed by Roger Leech (University of Southampton)
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Prehistoric Rock Art in Cumbria: Landscapes and Monuments
Stan Beckensall
Reviewed by Robert J. Wallis (Richmond the American International University in London)
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Rekem: a Federmesser Camp On the Meuse River Bank
Marc De Bie And Jean-Paul Caspar
Reviewed by Michael Reynier (University of Leicester)
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Return To Chauvet Cave. Excavating the Birthplace of Art: the First Full Report
Jean Clottes
Reviewed by Andrew J. Lawson (Wessex Archaeology)
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The Cerne Giant: An Antiquity On Trail
T. Darvill, K. Barker, B. Bender and R. Huttons
Reviewed by Karl Lee (University of Wales College, Newport)
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An Archaeological History of Japan: 30,000 B.C. to A.D. 700
Koji Mizoguchi
Reviewed by Anthony Sinclair (University of Liverpool)
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From Forager to Farmer in Flint: A Lithic Analysis of the Prehistoric Transition to Agriculture in Southern Scandinavia
Michael Stafford
Reviewed by Sinéad McCartan (Ulster Museum)
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Middle Palaeolithic Occupation and Technology in Northwestern Greece: the Evidence From Open-Air Sites
Dimitra Papagianni
Reviewed by Anthony Sinclair (University of Liverpool)
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The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe
Clive Gamble
Reviewed by Ariane Burke (University of Manitoba)
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Discovering Prehistoric England a Gazetteer of Prehistoric Sites
James Dyer
Reviewed by Dominic Barker (University of Southampton)
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Environmental Archaeology Principles and Practice
Dena Feran Dincauze
Reviewed by Ed Rhodes (University of Oxford)
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Human Roots. Africa and Asia in the Middle Pleistocene
Edited by L. Barham And K. Robson-Brown
Reviewed by John McNabb (University of Southampton)
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