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The Last Continent: prehistoric America in comparative perspective (2016)
Book Chapter
Scarre, C. (2016). The Last Continent: prehistoric America in comparative perspective. In N. Sanz (Ed.), HEADS 5. Human origin sites and the World Heritage Convention in the Americas (68-79). UNESCO

The prehistory of the Americas was never lost to view: the shell middens, ceremonial mounds, rock art and less conspicuous traces were parts of the landscape long before Europeans arrived in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The ‘rediscovery’ of... Read More about The Last Continent: prehistoric America in comparative perspective.

Ancient Civilizations (2016)
Book
Scarre, C., & Fagan, B. (2016). Ancient Civilizations. (4th ed.). Routledge

Ancient Civilizations offers a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and how they were discovered, drawing on many avenues of inquiry including archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specia... Read More about Ancient Civilizations.

Isotopic evidence for residential mobility of farming communities during the transition to agriculture in Britain (2016)
Journal Article
Neil, S., Evans, J., Montgomery, J., & Scarre, C. (2016). Isotopic evidence for residential mobility of farming communities during the transition to agriculture in Britain. Royal Society Open Science, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150522

Development of agriculture is often assumed to be accompanied by a decline in residential mobility, and sedentism is frequently proposed to provide the basis for economic intensification, population growth and increasing social complexity. In Britain... Read More about Isotopic evidence for residential mobility of farming communities during the transition to agriculture in Britain.

Dolmens without mounds in Britain, France and Ireland (2016)
Book Chapter
Scarre, C. (2016). Dolmens without mounds in Britain, France and Ireland. In P. Eriksen, & N. H. Andersen (Eds.), Dolmens in Denmark. architecture and function (217-233). Aarhus University Press