Neolithic Houses in Northwest Europe and beyond

A digital reprint which makes available again the first publication of the Neolithic Studies Group, containing papers given to a special colloquium on the `structures' of Neolithic Europe. Contributions include: Neolithic houses in mainland Britain and Ireland - a sceptical view (Julian Thomas); Houses in context: Building as process (Alasdair Whitlle); A Central European Perspective (Jonathon Last); Neolithic houses in Ireland (Eoin Grogan); Neolithic buildings in Scotland (Gordon Barclay); Neolithic buildings in England, Wales and the Isle of Man (Tim Darvill); Mesolithic or later houses at Bowmans Farm, Romsey Extra, Hampshire (Francis Green); Ballygalley houses, co.Antrim (Derek Simpson); Later Neolthic Structires at Trelystan, Powys (Alex Gibson); Life, times and works of House 59, Tell Ovcharovo, Bulgaria (Douglass Bailey); Structure ans ritual in Neolithic houses (Peter Topping); Architecture and Cosmology in the Balinese house: life is not that simple (Colin Richards); Houses in the Neolithic imagination: an Amazonian Example (Christine Hugh-Jones).

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Foreword
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Preface and acknowledgements
• List of Contributors
• Chapter 1: Neolithic houses in mainland Britain and Ireland – A sceptical view
• Chapter 2: Houses in context: Buildings as process
• Chapter 3: Neolithic houses – A central European perspective
• Chapter 4: Neolithic houses in Ireland
• Chapter 5: Neolithic buildings in Scotland
• Chapter 6: Neolithic buildings in England, Wales and the Isle of Man
• Chapter 7: Mesolithic or later houses at Bowmans Farm, Romsey Extra, Hampshire, England?
• Chapter 8: Ballygalley houses, Co. Antrim, Ireland
• Chapter 9: The later Neolithic structures at Trelystan, Powys, Wales: Ten years on
• Chapter 10: The life, times and works of House 59, Tell Ovcharovo, Bulgaria
• Chapter 11: Structure and ritual in the Neolithic house: Some examples from Britain and Ireland
• Chapter 12: Life is not that simple: Architecture and cosmology in the Balinese house
• Chapter 13: Houses in the Neolithic imagination: An Amazonian example
• Bibliography