Mesolithic Studies in the North Sea Basin And

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 relevent 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.

Introduction	p. 1
The Palaeogeography of the North Sea Basin	p. 3
North Sea Contacts: A.D. 1300-1900, a short six hundred years	p. 12
'I must go down to the sea again ...' A Review of Early Research on the 'Coastal' Mesolithic of the North-East of England	p. 16
'A Needle in a Haystack ?': Perspectives on prospection for submerged Mesolithic sites	p. 25
Submerged in Mesolithic Archaeology	p. 33
Mesolithic Episodes. Three Mesolithic sites in eastern middle Sweden	p. 40
Excavation of a Mesolithic House at East Barns, East Lothian, Scotland: an interim view	p. 49
Downsizing in the Mesolithic? The Discovery of Two Associated Post-Circles at Silvercrest, Lesmurdie Road, Elgin, Scotland	p. 60
South Haw: An upland Mesolithic site in its local and regional context	p. 69
Mesolithic Activity at Hawkcombe Head, Somerset: an interim report on the 2002-3 excavations	p. 81
A Mesolithic House, Saveock, Cornwall? Or From Hooves to Secret Feather Pits	p. 96
Rethinking Mesolithic Settlement and a Case Study from Howick	p. 101
The Territorial Structure in the Stone Age of Southern Norway. A comparative analysis of selected lithic assemblages from southern Norway, western Sweden and southern Scandinavia	p. 114
The material culture units forming the basis of the regional divisions in figures 14.8-14.14	p. 131
An Archaeology of the Mesolithic in Eastern Scotland: deconstructing culture, constructing identity	p. 137
A Post-Processual Flight of Fancy? Microlith production and the enculturation of landscape in the Mesolithic of Caithness	p. 151
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Mesolithic Studies in the North Sea Basin And Beyond

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