Author : Clive Waddington
Release : 2007
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Mesolithic Studies in the North Sea Basin and Beyond by : Clive Waddington
Download or read book Mesolithic Studies in the North Sea Basin and Beyond written by Clive Waddington. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North Sea has acted as both physical barrier, separating regions from each other, and as the principal means of communication between the same. This duality can also be seen in its potential to be both yielding and destructive; providing food and resources, but also being capable of causing catastrophe. These paradoxical qualities are unlikely to have been lost on our hunter-gatherer ancestors, and they remain relevant to the way that the sea is perceived today. The sixteen papers in this edited volume look at the impact the North Sea had on Northern Europe in the Mesolithic period.