This analysis is concerned with the dating of megaliths in Europe and is based on 2410 available radiocarbon results from pre-megalithic and megalithic sites, and to the megaliths contemporaneous contexts and the application of a Bayesian statistical framework. It is, so far, the largest existing attempt to establish a supra-regional synthesis on the emergence and development of megaliths in Europe. Its aim is to assist in the clarification of an over 200-year-old, ongoing research debate.

About the Author
Dr. Bettina Schulz Paulsson obtained her MA in Prehistoric Archaeology/American Anthropology in 2005 at the Humboldt /Freie Universitat in Berlin/Germany and her PhD in 2013 at the graduate school "Human development in Landscapes"/ Christian-Albrechts Universitat Kiel. Recently, she has been appointed to the Department of History, at the University of Gothenborg/Sweden as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow, funded under the EC's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Initiative. Her main research is on the Neolithic, with a particular focus on scientific dating, megaliths, rock art studies, cognitive archaeology and symbolic systems.


Book Information
ISBN 9781784916855
Author Bettina Schulz Paulsson
Format Paperback
Page Count 392
Imprint Archaeopress Archaeology
Publisher Archaeopress
Weight(grams) 1365g
Dimensions(mm) 290mm * 205mm * 20mm