Ice Age to Iron AgeThis WEA course began at Manchester Museum in September. We're looking at the broad flow of events that has shaped Europe since the retreat of the ice sheets. That's a lot of human history, and whole academic careers have been dedicated to its individual elements, but we have not let that daunt us.....
You might enjoy this booklet from the German Archaeological Institute as a general background to the long period we will be studying |
Session 1: Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers and Europe in the Ice Age
Session 2: Mesolithic changes, Star Carr
Session 3: Foragers and farmers - the changeover from hunting to settled farming
Session 4: Colonisation and conflict as the first farmers spread through Europe
Session 5: South east and North West Europe - Neolithic South East Europe, Oetzi the Ice Man and the Boyne Valley Passage Graves
Session 6: Neolithic monuments in Britain
Session 7: The Bronze Age in Britain and Europe
Session 8: Bronze Age to Iron Age
Session 9: La Tene and the Celts
Session 10: Celtic Civilisation
Session 2: Mesolithic changes, Star Carr
Session 3: Foragers and farmers - the changeover from hunting to settled farming
Session 4: Colonisation and conflict as the first farmers spread through Europe
Session 5: South east and North West Europe - Neolithic South East Europe, Oetzi the Ice Man and the Boyne Valley Passage Graves
Session 6: Neolithic monuments in Britain
Session 7: The Bronze Age in Britain and Europe
Session 8: Bronze Age to Iron Age
Session 9: La Tene and the Celts
Session 10: Celtic Civilisation