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1、TheArchaeologyofPeopleAlasdairWhittle’snewworkarguespowerfullyforthecomplexityandfluidityoflifeintheNeolithic,throughacombinationofarchaeologicalandanthropologicalcasestudiesandcurrenttheoreticaldebate.ThebookrangesfromthesixthtothefourthmillenniumBC,andfromtheGreatHungarianPlain,central
2、andwesternEuropeandtheAlpineforelandtopartsofsouthernBritain.Familiartermssuchasindividuals,agencyandstructurearedis-cussed,butWhittleemphasisesthattheyaretooabstracttobetrulyuseful.Instead,hehighlightsthemultipledimensionswhichsimultaneouslyconstitutedNeolithicexistenceinconcreteandcom
3、plicatedsituations:thewebofdailyroutines,groupandindividualidentities,relationswithanimals,andactivebutvariedattitudestothepast.Theresultisavivid,originalandperceptiveunderstandingoftheearlyNeolithicofferinginsightsforreadersateverylevel.AlasdairWhittleisaresearchprofessorintheSchoolofH
4、istoryandArchaeologyatCardiffUniversity.HispreviouspublicationsincludeEuropeintheNeolithic:thecreationofnewworlds(1996)and(withJoshuaPollardandCarolineGrigson)TheHarmonyofSymbols:theWindmillHillcausewayedenclosure,Wiltshire(1999).TheArchaeologyofPeopleDimensionsofNeolithiclifeAlasdairWh
5、ittleFirstpublished2003byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2003.©2003AlasdairWhittleAllrightsreserved.Nopar
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