![]() ![]() ![]() In a sense this is the kind of book that can only be written at a point in a scholar’s career when he or she has acquired an encyclopedic knowledge both of the literature and of the processes of technological, social and political change. 1000, which covers some of the same ground as his previous publications (particularly Facing the Ocean and The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek, both published in 2001), reflects his interests in maritime adaptations and the role of geography in prehistoric social evolution, two themes that have marked the latest phase of a distinguished career. ![]() Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 B.C.–A.D. Barry Cunliffe, the author of numerous synthetic works on prehistoric Europe, is a top candidate for a similar distinction on the subject of what he refers to in the preface of his latest book as “the westerly excrescence of the continent of Asia.” Although his main area of specialization is the European Iron Age before, during and after the appearance of the Romans, Cunliffe has published extensively on all aspects of European archaeology, including its social and political history. There are numerous contenders for the title of “the last man to know everything,” among them Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), a political economist from Minnesota. EUROPE BETWEEN THE OCEANS: 9000 B.C.–A.D. ![]()
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