Rethinking Migrations in Late Prehistoric Eurasia [Hardcover]

Rethinking Migrations in Late Prehistoric Eurasiarethinks the role of migrations in late prehistoric Eurasia, integrating cutting-edge scientific analyses with theoretical perspectives that highlight the complexity of past population movements.Migrations constitute one of the most defining features of human history from the very beginning to the present. In recent years, the increasing application of ancient DNA and isotope studies has been revolutionising our understanding of past population movements, although the interpretation of the results is often still controversial.Rethinking Migrations in Late Prehistoric Eurasiaprovides an insight into cutting-edge research on late prehistoric migrations in Eurasia, integrating different strands of evidence and emphasising the need for combining bioarchaeological analyses with a solid theoretical and methodological background. The 15 chapters within the book range from the 3rd to the 1st millennia BC, with a geographical scope extending from Atlantic Europe to Central Asia. Case studies include a reassessment of large-scale migrations, but also high-resolution studies from micro-regions. Overall, the results offered in the volume reveal the extraordinary diversity of migrations in ancient Eurasia and the ways in which archaeology can contribute to wider discussions on past and present mobility. This book reviews new ways of documenting migrations in the ancient world and puts forward an important agenda for the future. -- Richard Bradley FBA, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of Reading

With this volume, the editors make a timely, sophisticated, and substantial intervention in archaeological debates of migration. This is a carefully balanced collection of papers that bring a wide range of conceptual and methodological perspectives to the table, covering the length and breadth of prehistoric Europe. -- Peter van Dommelen, Director, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient Wlc‰