Significant stones, significant places: monumentality and landscape in Neolithic Western Europe
(2012)
Book Chapter
Scarre, C. (2012). Significant stones, significant places: monumentality and landscape in Neolithic Western Europe. In J. Papadopoulos, & G. Urton (Eds.), The Construction of Value in the Ancient World (51-65). Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Outputs (116)
Disease, CCR5-32 and the European spread of agriculture? A hypothesis (2012)
Journal Article
Holtby, I., Scarre, C., Bentley, R. A., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2012). Disease, CCR5-32 and the European spread of agriculture? A hypothesis. Antiquity, 86(331), 207-210. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00062554From its origins in the Starčcevo-Körös culture of the Hungarian Plain around 5700 BC the Neolithic archaeological assemblage of the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) spread within two centuries to reach Alsace and the middle Rhine by 5500 BC, though the rapid... Read More about Disease, CCR5-32 and the European spread of agriculture? A hypothesis.
The living stones of Brittany (2011)
Other
Scarre, C. (2011). The living stones of Brittany
Stone people: monuments and identities in the Channel Islands (2011)
Book Chapter
Scarre, C. (2011). Stone people: monuments and identities in the Channel Islands. In M. Furholt, F. Lüth, & J. Müller (Eds.), Megaliths and identities : early monuments and neolithic societies from the Atlantic to the Baltic (95-104). Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH
Marking time: the problem of chronology in studying European Neolithic monuments (2011)
Book Chapter
Scarre, C. (2011). Marking time: the problem of chronology in studying European Neolithic monuments. In C. Scarre, L. García Sanjuán, & D. Wheatley (Eds.), Exploring Time and Matter in Prehistoric Monuments: debating absolute chronology and rare rocks in European megaliths (53-74). Junta de Andalucía
Exploring Time and Matter in Prehistoric Monuments: debating absolute chronology and rare rocks in European megaliths (2011)
Book Chapter
Scarre, C., García Sanjuán, L., & Wheatley, D. (2011). Exploring Time and Matter in Prehistoric Monuments: debating absolute chronology and rare rocks in European megaliths. In C. Scarre, L. García Sanjuán, & D. Wheatley (Eds.), Exploring Time and Matter in Prehistoric Monuments: debating absolute chronology and rare rocks in European megaliths (11-23). Junta de Andalucía
Monumentality (2011)
Book Chapter
Scarre, C. (2011). Monumentality. In T. Insoll (Ed.), Oxford handbook of the archaeology of ritual and religion (9-23). Oxford University Press
Landscapes of Neolithic Brittany. (2011)
Book
Scarre, C. (2011). Landscapes of Neolithic Brittany. Oxford University PressBrittany has long been famous for its Neolithic monuments (5000–2500BC). They include the elaborate and extensive stone rows of Carnac, massive decorated standing stones such as the Grand Menhir Brisé, and the many megalithic chambered tombs. Why and... Read More about Landscapes of Neolithic Brittany..
Exploring Time and Matter in Prehistoric Monuments: absolute chronology and rare rocks in European megaliths (2011)
Book
Scarre, C., García Sanjuán, L., & Wheatley, D. (Eds.). (2011). Exploring Time and Matter in Prehistoric Monuments: absolute chronology and rare rocks in European megaliths. Junta de Andalucía = Andalusian Regional Government Ministry of Culture
News from the West: Ancient DNA from a French megalithic burial chamber (2011)
Journal Article
Deguilloux, M., Soler, L., Pemonge, M., Scarre, C., Joussaume, R., & Laporte, L. (2011). News from the West: Ancient DNA from a French megalithic burial chamber. American journal of physical anthropology, 144(1), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21376Recent paleogenetic studies have confirmed that the spread of the Neolithic across Europe was neither genetically nor geographically uniform. To extend existing knowledge of the mitochondrial European Neolithic gene pool, we examined six samples of h... Read More about News from the West: Ancient DNA from a French megalithic burial chamber.