Archaeology of People

<p>Alasdair Whittle's new work argues powerfully for the complexity and fluidity of life in the Neolithic through a combination of archaeological and anthropological case studies and current theoretical debate.</p><p>The book ranges from the sixth to the fourth millennium BC and from the Great Hungarian Plain central and western Europe and the Alpine foreland to parts of southern Britain.</p><p>Familiar terms such as individuals agency identity and structure are dealt with but Professor Whittle emphasises that they are too abstract to be truly useful.<br>Instead he highlights the multiple dimensions which constituted Neolithic existence: the web of daily routines group and individual identities relations with animals and active but varied attitudes to the past.</p><p>The result is a vivid original and perceptive understanding of the early Neolithic which will offer insights to readers at every level.</p>