| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-28T14:57:56Z | en_GB |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-31T15:12:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-04-28T14:57:56Z | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10582/206 | en_GB |
| dc.type | Learning Object | en_GB |
| dc.date.available | 2010-04-28T14:57:56Z | en_GB |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-31T15:12:21Z | |
| dcterms.abstract | The course will start with an introduction to Archaeology, and in particular contemporary perceptions of Prehistory and how archaeology attempts to make sense of the past, of how people lived, worked and died in a period of time for which we have no written records or maps to help our understanding of these communities.
The course starts when Britain finally became free of ice around 9500BC and the accepted start of the Mesolithic in Britain. At that time people were living a fairly nomadic lifestyle following the herds of elk, red and roe deer and wild ox over wide areas and supplementing their diet with wild fruits, nuts, grasses and marine resources. Around 7500 BC Britain became separated from the mainland of Europe and some small scale forest clearance may have started. By 4500BC and the advent of farming some contacts with the Continent were already in place.
Most of our evidence for the Neolithic period comes from their monuments. The course will discuss Causeway Enclosures where people may have met for ceremonial reasons and for trade and exchange. | en_GB |
| dcterms.creator | Tuohy, Tina | en_GB |
| dcterms.educationLevel | ukel8 | en_GB |
| dcterms.format | Image | en_GB |
| dcterms.format | HTML | en_GB |
| dcterms.format | IMS Content Package | en_GB |
| dcterms.language | en | en_GB |
| dcterms.subject | UKOER | en_GB |
| dcterms.tableOfContents | The course will start with an introduction to Archaeology, and in particular contemporary perceptions of Prehistory and how archaeology attempts to make sense of the past, of how people lived, worked and died in a period of time for which we have no written records or maps to help our understanding of these communities.
The course starts when Britain finally became free of ice around 9500BC and the accepted start of the Mesolithic in Britain. At that time people were living a fairly nomadic lifestyle following the herds of elk, red and roe deer and wild ox over wide areas and supplementing their diet with wild fruits, nuts, grasses and marine resources. Around 7500 BC Britain became separated from the mainland of Europe and some small scale forest clearance may have started. By 4500BC and the advent of farming some contacts with the Continent were already in place.
Most of our evidence for the Neolithic period comes from their monuments. The course will discuss Causeway Enclosures where people may have met for ceremonial reasons and for trade and exchange. | en_GB |
| dcterms.title | Introduction to Prehistory in Britain | en_GB |
| dcterms.type | Lecture | en_GB |
