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ID3768
NAMEC Scarre
GIVEN NAMESC
FAMILY NAMEScarre
SIGNATURESCARRE C
AFFILIATIONSDurham University
ORCID0000-0002-7157-6539
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS57
TOTAL CITATIONS181
AUTHOR COUNT56
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX8
  • Ancient Civilizations

    C Scarre, Charles Golden et al.•BOOK•Ancient Civilizations•2026

    Ancient Civilizations: The Emergence of States and Empires 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 specialized scientific investigations, and both historical and ethnohistorical records. This book covers the earliest civilizations in North Africa, Eurasia and the Amer…

  • Richard Bradley, 'Monumental Times

    C Scarre•ARTICLE•Journal of Skyscape Archaeology•2025

    Richard Bradley, Monumental Times: Pasts, Presents, and Futures in the Prehistoric Construction Projects of Northern and Western Europe. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2024. 165 pp., ISBN-10: 8888570381; ISBN-13: 9798888570388

  • Analyse paléogénomique du tumulus E de la nécropole mégalithique de Bougon (Néolithique Moyen et Final, Deux-Sèvres, France)

    Open Access•Rowan Welti, Fanny Mendisco et al.•ARTICLE•Cahiers du Centre de recherches…•2025

    International audience

  • The First Stones

    C Scarre•ARTICLE•Journal of Anthropological Research•2023

  • The World of Stonehenge exhibition

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 3

    The World of Stonehenge is the latest in a series of impressive exhibitions at the British Museum devoted to European prehistory: a worthy successor to Ice Age Art in 2012 and Celts: art and identity in 2015. Like them, it has already attracted significant public attention, with a raft of positive reviews in the press. Indeed, given the quality and range of material on display, it could hardly fail to be a success. Not only does it gather togethe…

  • A closer look at the forgotten bones of the Dolmen of Pedras Grandes (Odivelas, Portugal). (Examining old human remains 7)

    Open Access•A M Silva, Ana Catarina Sousa et al.•ARTICLE•SPAL Revista de Prehistoria y…•2021

    The Dolmen of Pedras Grandes (Odivelas, Lisboa, Portugal) was discovered and excavated at the end of the 19th century by Carlos Ribeiro. In 2004, this monument was re-excavated by Rui Boaventura and a complete study was conducted. The Dolmen of Pedras Grandes presents a polygonal chamber and a very short passage and may have had a short period of burial activity in the 4thmillennium as indicated by the radiocarbon dates and the “archaic” artefact…

  • A New Perspective on Copper Age Technology, Economy and Settlement

    Open Access•Francisco Martínez-Sevilla, Leonardo García Sanjuán et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of World Prehistory•2020•Cited by: 8•References: 9

    Activity patterns at large prehistoric sites are often difficult to interpret, as they frequently combine productive, domestic and funerary components. Valencina, the largest of the Copper Age mega-sites in Iberia, has proved particularly challenging in this regard. Macrolithic tool assemblages have been generally neglected in these debates but can provide specific insight into the nature and patterning of activities. In this study, 185 grinding …

  • Isotopic Evidence for Human Movement into Central England during the Early Neolithic

    Open Access•Samantha Neil, Jane Evans et al.•ARTICLE•European Journal of Archaeology•2020•Cited by: 10•References: 6

    Isotope ratios of tooth enamel from ten Early Neolithic individuals buried in a long cairn at Whitwell in central England were measured to determine where they sourced their childhood diet. Five individuals have low Sr concentrations (11–66 ppm) and high 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios (0.7164–0.7212). Three individuals have relatively low 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios (0.712–0.711) and Sr concentrations ranging between 54 and 109 ppm. Two individuals have strontium i…

  • Los huesos olvidados del dolmen de Carrascal (Agualva, Sintra, Portugal). Examinando los restos humanos antiguos

    Open Access•A M Silva, Ana Catarina Sousa et al.•ARTICLE•Trabajos de Prehistoria•2019

    El dolmen de Carrascal (Sintra, Portugal) fue descubierto a finales del siglo XIX. Los restos óseos humanos depositados en el Museu dos Serviços Geológicos (Lisboa) han sido re-analizados con un programa que investiga el estilo de vida de las poblaciones del Neolítico Final de las regiones del centro/sur de Portugal.Según los recientes trabajos de campo enmarcados en el proyecto de Recuperación y Valorización del monumento llevados a cabo por el …

  • Isotopic Evidence for Landscape use and the Role of Causewayed Enclosures During the Earlier Neolithic in Southern Britain

    Open Access•Samantha Neil, Jane Evans et al.•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•2018•Cited by: 2•References: 70

    The nature of landscape use and residence patterns during the British earlier Neolithic has often been debated. Here we use strontium and oxygen isotope analysis of tooth enamel, from individuals buried at the Hambledon Hill causewayed enclosure monument complex in Dorset, England to evaluate patterns of landscape use during the earlier Neolithic. Previous analysis suggests that a significant proportion of the artefacts found at the site may orig…

  • Engaging with the Dead

    Jennie Bradbury, C Scarre•BOOK•Engaging with the Dead•2017

    Engaging with the Dead adopts a cross-disciplinary, archaeologically focused, approach to explore a variety of themes linked to the interpretation of mortuary traditions, death and the ways of disposing of the dead. Nineteen papers highlight the current vitality of ‘death studies’ and the potential of future research and discoveries. contributors explore changing beliefs and practices over time, considering how modern archaeology, ethnography and…

  • Biscay and Beyond? Prehistoric Voyaging between Two Finisterres

    Open Access•Richard Callaghan, C Scarre•ARTICLE•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•2017•Cited by: 1•References: 32

    The Atlantic peninsulas of western Europe present intriguing cultural parallels that reach back into later prehistory. Furthermore, direct evidence of interconnections from the fifth millennium BC is revealed by the movement of specific materials such as Iberian variscite. Brittany and Galicia were key nodes within this potential network of maritime interaction, but debate continues as to the routes that were chosen and the navigational abilities…

  • Land use and mobility during the Neolithic in Wales explored using isotope analysis of tooth enamel

    Open Access•Samantha Neil, J Montgomery et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Physical…•2017•Cited by: 11•References: 111

    Objectives The nature of land use and mobility during the transition to agriculture has often been debated. Here, we use isotope analysis of tooth enamel from human populations buried in two different Neolithic burial monuments, Penywyrlod and Ty Isaf, in south‐east Wales, to examine patterns of land use and to evaluate where individuals obtained their childhood diet. Materials and Methods We employ strontium ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) and oxygen (δ 18 O) a…

  • The Mega-Site of Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain)

    Open Access•Leonardo García Sanjuán, C Scarre et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of World Prehistory•2017•Cited by: 35•References: 5

    Study of the Iberian Copper Age has experienced a remarkable upheaval in the last two decades. The discovery in central and south-western Iberia of a significant number of ditched enclosures, a site type almost unknown in this region until the mid-1990s, has opened up new lines of research. Particularly interesting is the existence of some exceptionally large sites. Largest of all is Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain), covering an area o…

  • Ancient Civilizations

    C Scarre, Brian M Fagan et al.•BOOK•Ancient Civilizations•2016•Cited by: 2

    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 specialized scientific investigations, and both historical and ethnohistorical records. This book covers the earliest civilizations and the great powers in the Near East, moving on to the first Aegean civil…

  • Special Section

    Open Access•Houston, Stephen Houston et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2016

    Most people think of Maya civilisation, if they do at all, while on vacation. A daytrip from a beach takes them to ruins nearby, crowded with tourists in correct holiday gear. In the recent past, others might have grown anxious about the portentous significance of the year 2012. Maya glyphs, so the hucksters affirmed, predicted a cascade of dire events, not one of which (predictably) has come to pass. Then there are those living in Mayaland itsel…

  • New Book Chronicle

    Open Access•C Scarre, Robert Witcher•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2015

    The February issue of Antiquity heralds some significant changes: a new publisher, increased frequency of publication and developments to our website. NBC will continue as a regular feature, aiming to cover more or less the same number of books across six, rather than four, issues. That said, in this current issue, NBC adopts a slightly different form, one devoted not to the usual melange of new titles, but to a single—if massive—publication

  • Making the Dead Visible

    Open Access•Jennie Bradbury, Douglas J Davies et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Method…•2015•Cited by: 12•References: 23

  • Mortuary Practices and Bodily Representations in North-west Europe

    Chris Fowler, C Scarre et al.•BOOK•The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic…•2014

    This chapter explores patterns and variations in how Neolithic bodies were presented and represented in Britain, Ireland and northern France, and how these changed through time. The evidence for mortuary practices and figurative art are reviewed, with special attention to the concept of bodily integrity. A wide range of bodily transformations following death are discussed including cremation, single and collective burial, practices that left the …

  • New era for Stonehenge

    Open Access•Christopher Chippindale, C Gosden et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2014•Cited by: 2•References: 18

    Provision for visiting Stonehenge was radically reorganised in 2013. Why was it so difficult to achieve? Will the new scheme work? Here we present a multi-part review of the new arrangements. Christopher Chippindale is a former editor of Antiquity and author of Stonehenge complete, which recounts the changing fortunes of the monument down the ages. Mike Pitts has excavated at Stonehenge and written about the site in Hengeworld. Chris Gosden, Prof…

  • Application of luminescence dating and geomorphological analysis to the study of landscape evolution, settlement and climate change on the Channel Island of Herm

    Open Access•I K Bailiff, C French et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•2013•Cited by: 5•References: 10

    The optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of sands and palaeosol horizons, sampled as part of an archaeological investigation and supported by geomorphological analysis, has been applied to identify critical stages in the development of the landscape on Herm, one of the Channel Islands that lies off the coast of Guernsey, on which megalithic monuments were constructed during the Neolithic period. In particular, there were three phases of…

  • The palaeogeography and Neolithic archaeology of Herm in the Channel Islands

    C Scarre, C French•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•2013•References: 25

    The small Channel Island of Herm combines several distinct habitats ranging from steep rocky coasts and a rolling upland plateau in the south to a dune-fringed sandy lowland in the north. Where upland and lowland meet, a line of megalithic tombs constitutes the island’s most striking archaeological feature. Four seasons of fieldwork (2008–2011) have sought to determine the environmental history of northern Herm since the last glacial period and t…

  • Disease, CCR5-Δ32 and the European spread of agriculture? A hypothesis

    Open Access•Ian Holtby, C Scarre et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2012•Cited by: 1•References: 21

    From 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 rapidity of the spread makes it difficult to measure using available radiocarbon evidence (Dolukhanov et al. 2005). In this same time period, during the Terminal Mesolithic, c. 5800 to 5500 BC, there is ev…

  • Landscapes of neolithic Brittany

    C Scarre•BOOK•Landscapes of neolithic Brittany•2011

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  • The First Monuments

    C Scarre•CHAPTER•Landscapes of neolithic Brittany•2011

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  • The Mega-Site of Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain)

    Open Access•Leonardo García Sanjuán, C Scarre et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of World Prehistory•2017•Cited by: 35•References: 5

    Study of the Iberian Copper Age has experienced a remarkable upheaval in the last two decades. The discovery in central and south-western Iberia of a significant number of ditched enclosures, a site type almost unknown in this region until the mid-1990s, has opened up new lines of research. Particularly interesting is the existence of some exceptionally large sites. Largest of all is Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, Spain), covering an area o…

  • Rocks of Ages

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•European Journal of Archaeology•2010•Cited by: 25•References: 5

    Chronology remains a problematic area in prehistoric archaeology but the increasing number and precision of radiometric dates begin to suggest patterns that can be resolved down to the scale of individual lifetimes. The study of megalithic monuments has benefited from these developments but remains hampered by the indirect relationship between the materials that are dated and the structures themselves. Drawing on evidence from France, Scandinavia…

  • Making the Dead Visible

    Open Access•Jennie Bradbury, Douglas J Davies et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Method…•2015•Cited by: 12•References: 23

  • Land use and mobility during the Neolithic in Wales explored using isotope analysis of tooth enamel

    Open Access•Samantha Neil, J Montgomery et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Physical…•2017•Cited by: 11•References: 111

    Objectives The nature of land use and mobility during the transition to agriculture has often been debated. Here, we use isotope analysis of tooth enamel from human populations buried in two different Neolithic burial monuments, Penywyrlod and Ty Isaf, in south‐east Wales, to examine patterns of land use and to evaluate where individuals obtained their childhood diet. Materials and Methods We employ strontium ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) and oxygen (δ 18 O) a…

  • Contexts of Monumentalism

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•2002•Cited by: 11

    The origins of funerary monumentalism in north‐west France remain inextricably linked to questions surrounding the Neolithic transition in that region. Debate continues over the relative importance of influences from earlier Neolithic communities in north‐east or southern France on the Mesolithic communities of western France. An alternative interpretation places these influences within the context of broad processes of change affecting indigenou…

  • A Pattern of Islands

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•European Journal of Archaeology•2002•Cited by: 11•References: 5

    Coastal distributions such as that of the Neolithic chambered tombs of Brittany raise important questions about prehistoric beliefs and understandings relating to sea and shoreline. Concepts of liminality come particularly to the fore where headlands and islands are selected as places for the disposal of human remains. The density of chambered tombs recorded by Du Châtellier on the islands of the Molène archipelago, with its rocks, inlets and sma…

  • Isotopic Evidence for Human Movement into Central England during the Early Neolithic

    Open Access•Samantha Neil, Jane Evans et al.•ARTICLE•European Journal of Archaeology•2020•Cited by: 10•References: 6

    Isotope ratios of tooth enamel from ten Early Neolithic individuals buried in a long cairn at Whitwell in central England were measured to determine where they sourced their childhood diet. Five individuals have low Sr concentrations (11–66 ppm) and high 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios (0.7164–0.7212). Three individuals have relatively low 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios (0.712–0.711) and Sr concentrations ranging between 54 and 109 ppm. Two individuals have strontium i…

  • A New Perspective on Copper Age Technology, Economy and Settlement

    Open Access•Francisco Martínez-Sevilla, Leonardo García Sanjuán et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of World Prehistory•2020•Cited by: 8•References: 9

    Activity patterns at large prehistoric sites are often difficult to interpret, as they frequently combine productive, domestic and funerary components. Valencina, the largest of the Copper Age mega-sites in Iberia, has proved particularly challenging in this regard. Macrolithic tool assemblages have been generally neglected in these debates but can provide specific insight into the nature and patterning of activities. In this study, 185 grinding …

  • Simulating the Western Seaways

    Open Access•Richard Callaghan, C Scarre•ARTICLE•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•2009•Cited by: 8•References: 16

    Recent debates on the introduction of Neolithic features to Britain have emphasized the role of the western maritime routes and the possibility of direct or indirect connections from Brittany to Ireland and Argyll. Here we present the results of simulation modelling of maritime voyaging by paddled or sail‐powered boat, indicating the likely lengths of the journeys that would have been required. The issue of direct travel vs. short crossings and c…

  • News from the west

    Open Access•Marie‐france Deguilloux, Ludovic Soler et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Physical…•2011•Cited by: 7•References: 41

    Recent 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 human skeletal material from a French megalithic long mound ( c .4200 cal BC). We retrieved HVR‐I sequences from three individuals and demonstrated that in the Neolithic period the mtDNA haplogroup N1a…

  • Application of luminescence dating and geomorphological analysis to the study of landscape evolution, settlement and climate change on the Channel Island of Herm

    Open Access•I K Bailiff, C French et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•2013•Cited by: 5•References: 10

    The optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of sands and palaeosol horizons, sampled as part of an archaeological investigation and supported by geomorphological analysis, has been applied to identify critical stages in the development of the landscape on Herm, one of the Channel Islands that lies off the coast of Guernsey, on which megalithic monuments were constructed during the Neolithic period. In particular, there were three phases of…

  • The Early Neolithic of Western France and Megalithic Origins in Atlantic Europe

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•1992•Cited by: 5•References: 11

    Recent work on the early neolithic of western France has demonstrated the importance of influences and ideas from both the early farming communities of the Paris basin and the early neolithic groups of the Mediterranean zone. the complex pattern resulting from the interplay of these two sources has led to lively debates about the origins of the megalithic tombs of Brittany and west‐central France. Much emphasis has been placed on the impact of ne…

  • Le tumulus C de Péré à Prissé-la-Charrière (Deux-Sèvres)

    Open Access•Luc Laporte, Roger Joussaume et al.•ARTICLE•Gallia préhistoire•2002•Cited by: 4•References: 4

    This article presents the results of six years of excavation at Tumulus C in the megalithic cemetery of Prissé-la-Charrière (Deux- Sèvres). This is a trapezoidal mound 115 metres long, 30 metres wide and 4 metres high, that was constructed in several stages. The earliest stage that has so far been documented consists of a small funerary monument measuring 7.2 metres east-west and 8.8 metres wide. It was built largely of earth, and contained a cis…

  • New radiocarbon dates from Bougon and the chronology of French passage-graves

    Open Access•C Scarre, Roy Switsur et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1993•Cited by: 4•References: 1

    New radiocarbon determinations from northwest France further contribute to the proposition - 25 years old now - that the megaliths of the region are astoundingly early in the west European Neolithic sequence

  • The English Cemetery at Surat

    Open Access•C Scarre, Judith Roberts•ARTICLE•The Antiquaries Journal•2005•Cited by: 3•References: 10

    During the seventeenth century East India Company merchants settled in several cities of western India under the control of the Mughal Empire. The most important of these was Surat in Gujarat, where an English cemetery of impressive brick and stucco tombs was established. The style and nature of these monuments provide an insight into the cultural interactions that took place between the English merchants and the local population, as well as indi…

  • Long Mounds and Megalithic Origins in Western France

    Open Access•C Scarre, Luc Laporte et al.•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•2003•Cited by: 3•References: 10

    The ancestry of the long mound has long been a key focus in debates on the origins of monumental and megalithic architectures in western France. Typological schemes and absolute dates have alike been invoked in support of different models of monument development, but with limited success. Recent excavations at Prissé-la-Charrière, a 100-metre long mound in the Poitou-Charentes region, have emphasised the importance of internal structure and the c…

  • Archaeological theory in France and Britain

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1999•Cited by: 3•References: 6

    British archaeologists have long been puzzled by the contrast between the way in which the theoretical underpinnings of the discipline are discussed and explored on the French side of the Channel. Theory might he considered one of the most significant issues in British archaeology over the last 30 years, since the work of David Clarke in the late 1960s. There has sprung up a healthy tradition of debate, of polemic and counter-polemic, inspired by…

  • Settlements and Chambered Tombs in Neolithic France

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•1983•Cited by: 3•References: 8

    Chambered tombs of megalithic or dry‐stone construction are a leading element in the archaeological record of Neolithic France, but appear to have been associated with only small, insubstantial settlement sites. This point is illustrated by reference to evidence from West‐Central France, the Paris Basin, Southern France and Brittany. The tombs seem to have played an important rôle in the articulation of dispersed communities, particularly during …

  • Isotopic Evidence for Landscape use and the Role of Causewayed Enclosures During the Earlier Neolithic in Southern Britain

    Open Access•Samantha Neil, Jane Evans et al.•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•2018•Cited by: 2•References: 70

    The nature of landscape use and residence patterns during the British earlier Neolithic has often been debated. Here we use strontium and oxygen isotope analysis of tooth enamel, from individuals buried at the Hambledon Hill causewayed enclosure monument complex in Dorset, England to evaluate patterns of landscape use during the earlier Neolithic. Previous analysis suggests that a significant proportion of the artefacts found at the site may orig…

  • Ancient Civilizations

    C Scarre, Brian M Fagan et al.•BOOK•Ancient Civilizations•2016•Cited by: 2

    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 specialized scientific investigations, and both historical and ethnohistorical records. This book covers the earliest civilizations and the great powers in the Near East, moving on to the first Aegean civil…

  • New era for Stonehenge

    Open Access•Christopher Chippindale, C Gosden et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2014•Cited by: 2•References: 18

    Provision for visiting Stonehenge was radically reorganised in 2013. Why was it so difficult to achieve? Will the new scheme work? Here we present a multi-part review of the new arrangements. Christopher Chippindale is a former editor of Antiquity and author of Stonehenge complete, which recounts the changing fortunes of the monument down the ages. Mike Pitts has excavated at Stonehenge and written about the site in Hengeworld. Chris Gosden, Prof…

  • Settlement Patterns and Landscape Change

    Open Access•C Scarre, C J Scarre•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•1982•Cited by: 2•References: 13

    It is, with a few exceptions, only in very recent years and with works such as that by Guilaine and his colleagues on the Abri Jean-Cros (Guilaine et al. 1979) that the site locational and ecological approaches have made their appearance in the French archaeological literature. Studies of this type are still not common, despite the richness of certain areas of France in prehistoric settlement evidence and the existence of a body of geomorphologic…

  • The World of Stonehenge exhibition

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2022•Cited by: 1•References: 3

    The World of Stonehenge is the latest in a series of impressive exhibitions at the British Museum devoted to European prehistory: a worthy successor to Ice Age Art in 2012 and Celts: art and identity in 2015. Like them, it has already attracted significant public attention, with a raft of positive reviews in the press. Indeed, given the quality and range of material on display, it could hardly fail to be a success. Not only does it gather togethe…

  • Biscay and Beyond? Prehistoric Voyaging between Two Finisterres

    Open Access•Richard Callaghan, C Scarre•ARTICLE•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•2017•Cited by: 1•References: 32

    The Atlantic peninsulas of western Europe present intriguing cultural parallels that reach back into later prehistory. Furthermore, direct evidence of interconnections from the fifth millennium BC is revealed by the movement of specific materials such as Iberian variscite. Brittany and Galicia were key nodes within this potential network of maritime interaction, but debate continues as to the routes that were chosen and the navigational abilities…

  • Disease, CCR5-Δ32 and the European spread of agriculture? A hypothesis

    Open Access•Ian Holtby, C Scarre et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2012•Cited by: 1•References: 21

    From 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 rapidity of the spread makes it difficult to measure using available radiocarbon evidence (Dolukhanov et al. 2005). In this same time period, during the Terminal Mesolithic, c. 5800 to 5500 BC, there is ev…

  • The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1979

    Mrs Mary Aiken Littauer, a valued contributor to 'Antiquity' over some years, has a few bones to pick with Dr Ahmad Afshar and Dr Judith Lerner about their Note in our March 1979 issue

  • Settlement Patterns and Landscape Change

    Open Access•C Scarre, C J Scarre•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•1982•Cited by: 2•References: 13

    It is, with a few exceptions, only in very recent years and with works such as that by Guilaine and his colleagues on the Abri Jean-Cros (Guilaine et al. 1979) that the site locational and ecological approaches have made their appearance in the French archaeological literature. Studies of this type are still not common, despite the richness of certain areas of France in prehistoric settlement evidence and the existence of a body of geomorphologic…

  • Settlements and Chambered Tombs in Neolithic France

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•1983•Cited by: 3•References: 8

    Chambered tombs of megalithic or dry‐stone construction are a leading element in the archaeological record of Neolithic France, but appear to have been associated with only small, insubstantial settlement sites. This point is illustrated by reference to evidence from West‐Central France, the Paris Basin, Southern France and Brittany. The tombs seem to have played an important rôle in the articulation of dispersed communities, particularly during …

  • A century of research on the Peu-Richardien

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1984•References: 2

    Peu-Richard is the name of a low hill in rollingchalkland overlooking the marshland which hasformed where the River Seugne meets the RiverCharente, a little way to the south of Saintes. It washere in 1882 that a farm labourer came across tracesof a fortified enclosure rich in prehistoric material.The landowner, Baron Eschasseriaux, was anamateur archaeologist and when told of the discoveryimmediately arranged an excavation. A totalof 106 trenches…

  • The Cambridge Archaeological Journal

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Cambridge Archaeological Journal•1991•Cited by: 1

    This contribution explores modes of human–animal interactions in hunter-gatherer communities in near-contemporary eastern Siberia and the Mesolithic of northwest Europe. By discussing notions of care and control and drawing on syntheses of Russian-language ethnographic data from eastern Siberia, this paper explores the diversity and nuances of hunter-gatherers’ interactions with animals. While some contexts may reveal respectful yet diverse treat…

  • The Early Neolithic of Western France and Megalithic Origins in Atlantic Europe

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•1992•Cited by: 5•References: 11

    Recent work on the early neolithic of western France has demonstrated the importance of influences and ideas from both the early farming communities of the Paris basin and the early neolithic groups of the Mediterranean zone. the complex pattern resulting from the interplay of these two sources has led to lively debates about the origins of the megalithic tombs of Brittany and west‐central France. Much emphasis has been placed on the impact of ne…

  • New radiocarbon dates from Bougon and the chronology of French passage-graves

    Open Access•C Scarre, Roy Switsur et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1993•Cited by: 4•References: 1

    New radiocarbon determinations from northwest France further contribute to the proposition - 25 years old now - that the megaliths of the region are astoundingly early in the west European Neolithic sequence

  • The meaning of death

    Open Access•C Scarre•CHAPTER•Ancient Mind•1994

    In recent years a number of important studies have endeavoured to address the question of the symbolism embedded in prehistoric funerary structures and practices (Shanks and Tilley 1982; Tilley 1984; Hodder 1984; Morris 1988). This reflects an optimism which is prepared to ignore Ucko's warning, illustrated by a wide range of ethnographic parallels, of the difficulty of interpreting beliefs from burial practices, even at a fairly general level (U…

  • Misleading images

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1997•Cited by: 1•References: 5

    Does a unique eroded prehistoric carving on one of the sarsen uprights at Stonehenge link the most famous of English megalithic monuments to Brittany

  • Arenas of Action? Enclosure Entrances in Neolithic Western France c . 3500–2500 BC

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•1998•References: 11

    Recent research has led to a re-evaluation of the defensive role formerly assigned to the Late Neolithic enclosures of western France. Excavation of the distinctive pince de crabe entrances which are a feature of many of these enclosures has suggested that these were not single but multi-phase structures, with a purpose which must have been monumental or ceremonial rather than protective. Human remains in the enclosure ditches underline their sig…

  • Claude Masset Les Dolmens

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1998

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  • Traditions and transformations in Neolithic France

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1998

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  • Ancestral Traditions

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Cambridge Archaeological Journal•1999•References: 3

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  • Archaeological theory in France and Britain

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1999•Cited by: 3•References: 6

    British archaeologists have long been puzzled by the contrast between the way in which the theoretical underpinnings of the discipline are discussed and explored on the French side of the Channel. Theory might he considered one of the most significant issues in British archaeology over the last 30 years, since the work of David Clarke in the late 1960s. There has sprung up a healthy tradition of debate, of polemic and counter-polemic, inspired by…

  • A new decorated menhir

    Open Access•C Scarre, Paul Raux•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2000

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  • Modeling Prehistoric Populations

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Journal of Anthropological…•2001

  • Contexts of Monumentalism

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•2002•Cited by: 11

    The origins of funerary monumentalism in north‐west France remain inextricably linked to questions surrounding the Neolithic transition in that region. Debate continues over the relative importance of influences from earlier Neolithic communities in north‐east or southern France on the Mesolithic communities of western France. An alternative interpretation places these influences within the context of broad processes of change affecting indigenou…

  • Le tumulus C de Péré à Prissé-la-Charrière (Deux-Sèvres)

    Open Access•Luc Laporte, Roger Joussaume et al.•ARTICLE•Gallia préhistoire•2002•Cited by: 4•References: 4

    This article presents the results of six years of excavation at Tumulus C in the megalithic cemetery of Prissé-la-Charrière (Deux- Sèvres). This is a trapezoidal mound 115 metres long, 30 metres wide and 4 metres high, that was constructed in several stages. The earliest stage that has so far been documented consists of a small funerary monument measuring 7.2 metres east-west and 8.8 metres wide. It was built largely of earth, and contained a cis…

  • A Pattern of Islands

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•European Journal of Archaeology•2002•Cited by: 11•References: 5

    Coastal distributions such as that of the Neolithic chambered tombs of Brittany raise important questions about prehistoric beliefs and understandings relating to sea and shoreline. Concepts of liminality come particularly to the fore where headlands and islands are selected as places for the disposal of human remains. The density of chambered tombs recorded by Du Châtellier on the islands of the Molène archipelago, with its rocks, inlets and sma…

  • Prehistorian at Cambridge

    C Scarre•ARTICLE•Reviews in Anthropology•2002•References: 1

  • Long Mounds and Megalithic Origins in Western France

    Open Access•C Scarre, Luc Laporte et al.•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•2003•Cited by: 3•References: 10

    The ancestry of the long mound has long been a key focus in debates on the origins of monumental and megalithic architectures in western France. Typological schemes and absolute dates have alike been invoked in support of different models of monument development, but with limited success. Recent excavations at Prissé-la-Charrière, a 100-metre long mound in the Poitou-Charentes region, have emphasised the importance of internal structure and the c…

  • Karoline Mazurié de Keroualin Genése et diffusion de l’agriculture en Europe

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2005•References: 1

    Karoline Mazurié de Keroualin Genése et diffusion de l’agriculture en Europe: agriculteurs, chasseurs, pasteurs. 184 pages, figures. 2003. Paris: Errance; 2-87772-251-1 paperback €27. - Volume 79 Issue 304

  • The English Cemetery at Surat

    Open Access•C Scarre, Judith Roberts•ARTICLE•The Antiquaries Journal•2005•Cited by: 3•References: 10

    During the seventeenth century East India Company merchants settled in several cities of western India under the control of the Mughal Empire. The most important of these was Surat in Gujarat, where an English cemetery of impressive brick and stucco tombs was established. The style and nature of these monuments provide an insight into the cultural interactions that took place between the English merchants and the local population, as well as indi…

  • The Rise of Bronze Age Society

    C Scarre•ARTICLE•Archaeological Journal•2006

    (2006). The Rise of Bronze Age Society: Travels, Transmissions and Transformations. By Kristian Kristiansen and Thomas B. Larsson. Archaeological Journal: Vol. 163, No. 1, pp. 271-272

  • David Lewis-Williams & David Pearce. Inside the Neolithic Mind

    Open Access•C Scarre•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2007•References: 5

    David Lewis-Williams & David Pearce. Inside the Neolithic Mind: Consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of Gods. 320 pages, 75 illustrations, 29 colour plates. 2005: London: Thames & Hudson; 0-500-05138-0 hardback £18.95. - Volume 81 Issue 311

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