Prehistoric Journeys (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781842172506)

This collection of thirteen papers focuses on what it meant to be 'on the move' at different times in prehistory. Ideas of journeys and travel are integral to many traditions of interpreting the prehistoric archaeological record. Travel was after all the driving force behind the formation and trans formation of identity. How ironic it is that this feature of prehistory has been so overlooked when the ancient world's 'discovery' in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries occurred primarily as the result of travel. The contributors to this volume see journeys as an integral part of prehistoric life - socially meaningful - which must be understood within their (pre)historic contexts.

Author: Vicki Cummings
ISBN-10: 1842172506
ISBN-13: 9781842172506
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2007
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 10.75h x 8.58w x 0.34d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 107