Francis Pryor maintains that early farming in Britain has been misunderstood because British archaeology is essentially an urban activity, studied by people who

Describes the Stone Age settlement preserved in the sand dunes on one of Scotland's Orkney Islands, telling how it was discovered and what it reveals about life

Britain has been inhabited by humans for over half a million years, during which time there were a great many changes in lifestyles and in the surrounding lands

Archaeology and science enable new and creative understandings of Europe's early farmers, answering questions that remain after more than a century of research.

Drawing upon his own extensive knowledge of European archaeology, Graeme Barker has impressively integrated the full range of archaeological data to produce in