Julian Thomas

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• 2025

  Active artefacts and mutable identities: The role of material things in the formation of the British Neolithic

  Thomas, J., 2025, The Early Neolithic of Northern Europe: New approaches to migration, movement and social connection. Hofmann, D., Cummings, V., Bjornevad-Ahlqvist, M. & Iversen, R. (eds.). Leiden: Sidestone Press, p. 99-112 13 p.

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• 2022

  Beyond borders and boundaries in prehistoric research

  Thomas, J., 19 Dec 2022, Romper Fronteiras, Atravessar Territórios: Identidades e intercâmbios durante a Pré-história recente no interior norte da Península Ibérica. Sanches, M. D. J., Barbosa, M. H. & De Castro Teixeira, J. (eds.). Porto: Edições do CITCEM, p. 13-33 21 p.

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• Structural and Sequential Complexity in Causewayed Enclosures: Implications from Dorstone Hill, Herefordshire

  Overton, N., Thomas, J. & Ray, K., 1 Jan 2022, Marking Place. New Perspectives on Early Neolithic Enclosures. Last, J. (ed.). Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, p. 43-60 18 p.

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• 2021

  Assembling Adornment and Assembling Identity

  Thomas, J., 30 Jun 2021, Personal Adornment and the Construction of Identity: A Global Archaeological Perspective. Mattson, H. V. (ed.). Oxford: Oxbow Books, p. 201-214 14 p.

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• The Protection of Monuments and Landscapes in Britain: A Historical View

  Thomas, J., 1 Apr 2021, The Greater Chaco Landscape: Ancestors, Scholarship and Advocacy. Van Dyke, R. M. & Heitman, C. C. (eds.). Louisville: University of Colorado, p. 279-308 30 p.

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• 2020

  Houses foundational: Gathering histories at Dorstone Hill, Herefordshire

  Thomas, J. & Ray, K., 2020, Houses of the Dead?. Barclay, A., Field, D. & Leary, J. (eds.). Oxbow Books, p. 107-119 13 p.

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• Monumentality in Neolithic Britain: The Case of South West Scotland

  Thomas, J., 30 Oct 2020, New Light on the Neolithic of Northern England. Hey, G. & Frodsham, P. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow Books, p. 203-215 13 p.

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• The Lives of Monuments and Monumentalising Life

  Thomas, J., 30 Sept 2020, Monumentalising Life in the Neolithic: Narratives of Change and Continuity . Gebauer, A. B., Sorenson, L. & Teather, A. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow Books, p. 287-298 12 p.

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• 2019

  Bassey Wai Andah and archaeological thought

  Thomas, J., Mar 2019, Bassey Andah : A Call to Service. Enwonwu, O. (ed.). Lagos: Revilo

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• 2018

  The Neolithic body

  Thomas, J., 2018, Neolithic Bodies. Bickle, P. & Sibbeson, E. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow Books, p. 132-143 12 p. (Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers ; no. 15).

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• 2017

  Comparing Comparisons

  Thomas, J., 2017, Rethinking Camparison in Archaeology. Vale, A., Alves-Ferreira, J. & Garcia Rovira, I. (eds.). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 191-205 15 p.

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• Concluding remarks: landscape, taskscape, life

  Thomas, J., 2017, Forms of Dwelling: 20 Years of Taskscapes in Archaeology. Rajala, U. & Mills, P. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow Books, p. 268-279 12 p. 15

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• 2016

  House societies and the beginning of the British Neolithic

  Thomas, J., 2016, In Dialogue: Tradition and Interaction in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition. Thomas, J., Debert, J. & Larsson, M. (eds.). Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, p. 3-10 8 p. (BAR international series; vol. 2809).

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• 2015

  House societies and founding ancestors in Early Neolithic Britain

  Thomas, J., Mar 2015, Death Rituals, Social Order and the Archaeology of Immortality in the Ancient World: Death Shall Have No Dominion. C. R., M. B. & I. M. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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• What do we mean by 'Neolithic societies'?

  Thomas, J., Jan 2015, The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe. C. F., J. H. & D. H. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 1073-1092

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• Why are archaeologists discussing 'the death of theory'?

  Thomas, J., 9 Mar 2015, Debating Archaeological Empiricism. C. H. & J. S. (eds.). London: Routledge

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• Why 'the death of archaeological theory'?

  Thomas, J., 17 Mar 2015, Debating Archaeological Empiricism: The Ambiguity of Material Evidence. Hillerdal, C. & Siapkas, J. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 11-36 26 p. (Routledge Studies in Archaeology).

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• 2013

  Stonehenge

  Parker Pearson, M., Marshall, P., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Thomas, J. & Welham, K., 2013, The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age. Harding, A. & Fokkens, H. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 159-178 20 p.

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• 2012

  Anthropology and archaeology

  Thomas, J., 2012, The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology. R. F., O. H., T. H. J. M., M. N., C. S., V. S. & R. A. W. (eds.). London: Sage Publications Ltd, p. 138-153

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• Archaeology and the politics of tradition

  Thomas, J., 2012, Discursos em Arqueologia. M. J. S., J. P.C.-R. & S.M.-R. (eds.). Porto: CEAUCP, p. 135-146

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• Los monumentos megaliticos de Europa.

  Thomas, J., 2012, El Neolítico En La Península Ibérica Y Su Contexto Europeo. M. A. R. G., R. G. P. & I. G. M. D. L. (eds.). Madrid: Catedra, p. 55-70 16 p.

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• The Stonehenge landscape before Stonehenge.

  Richards, C. & Thomas, J., 2012, Image, Memory and Monumentality: Archaeological Engagements with the Material World. Jones, A., Pollard, J., Gardiner, J. & Allen, M. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow Books and the Prehistoric Society, Vol. 5. p. 28-42 15 p. (Prehistoric Society Research Papers).

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• 2011

  Ritual and religion in the Neolithic

  Thomas, J. & Insoll, T. (Editor), 2011, The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. T. I. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 361-386

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• 2010

  Commentary: walls and bridges.

  Thomas, J., 2010, Archaeology and Anthropology: Understanding Similarities, Exploring Differences. D. G. & T. Y. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow Books, p. 179-184

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• 2009

  On the ocularcentrism of archaeology.

  Thomas, J., 2009, Archaeology and the Politics of Vision in a Post-Modern Context. V. J. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press, p. 1-12 12 p.

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• Sigmund Freud's archaeological metaphor and archaeology's self-understanding.

  Thomas, J., 2009, Contemporary Archaeologies: Excavating Now. C. H. & A. P. (eds.). London: Peter Lang, p. 33-45 13 p.

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• 2008

  Archaeology, landscape and dwelling

  Thomas, J., 2008, Handbook of Landscape Archaeology. B. D. (ed.). Walnut Creek: Left Coast Press, p. 300-306 7 p.

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• The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Britain

  Thomas, J. S., 2008, Prehistoric Britain. J. P. (ed.). Oxford: Basil Blackwell Ltd, p. 58-89 32 p.

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• 2007

  The internal features at Durrington Walls: investigations in the Southern Circle and Western Enclosures 2005-6.

  Thomas, J., 2007, From Stonehenge to the Baltic: Living with Cultural Diversity in the Third Millennium BC. M. L. & M. P. P. (eds.). Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, p. 145-158 14 p.

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• 2006

  Phenomenology and material culture

  Thomas, J. S., 2006, Handbook of Material Culture. C. T., W. K., S. K., M. R. & P. S. (eds.). London: Sage Publications Ltd, p. 43-59 17 p.

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• 2005

  Ceremonies of the horsemen? From megalithic tombs to Beaker burials in prehistoric Europe.

  Thomas, J. S., 2005, Bell Beakers in the Iberian Peninsula and Their European Context. M.G.-P.R.-G. & I. R.G.-M. D. (eds.). Universidad de Valladolid, p. 107-135 29 p.

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• Materiality and the social

  Thomas, J. S., 2005, Global Archaeological Theory: Contextual Voices and Contemporary Thoughts. P. F., A. Z. & E. S. (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 11-18 8 p.

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• 2004

  Archaeology, modernity and society

  Thomas, J. S. & Matsumoto, N. (Editor), 2004, Cultural Diversity and the Archaeology of the 21st Century. N. M. (ed.). Society of Archaeological Studies

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• Identity, power and material culture in Neolithic Britain

  Thomas, J. S., 2004, Cultural Diversity and the Archaeology of the 21st Century. N. M. (ed.). Society of Archaeological Studies

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• Materiality, authenticity, and skilled engagement: a commentary

  Thomas, J. S., 2004, Archaeology and Performance. A. L. Y. R. (ed.). Traumwerk

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• Materiality and traditions of practice in Neolithic south-west Scotland

  Thomas, J. S., 2004, The Neolithic of the Irish Sea: Materiality and Traditions of Practice. V. C. & C. F. (eds.). Oxbow Books

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• Notions of the person

  Thomas, J. S., 2004, Archaeology: The Key Concepts,. C. R. & P. B. (eds.). Routledge

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• The great dark book: archaeology, experience and interpretation

  Thomas, J. S., 2004, A Companion to Archaeology. J. B. (ed.). Basil Blackwell Ltd

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• The later Neolithic architectural repertoire: the case of the Dunragit complex

  Thomas, J. S., 2004, Monuments and Material Culture: Papers on Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain in Honour of Isobel Smith,. R. C. & J. P. (eds.). Hobnob Press

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• The ritual universe

  Thomas, J. S., 2004, Scotland in Ancient Europe. I. S. & G. B. (eds.). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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• 2003

  In the Kinship of Cows: the Social Centrality of Cattle in the Earlier Neolithic of Southern Britain

  Thomas, J. S., 2003, Food, Culture and Identity in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. M. P. P. (ed.). British Archaeological Reports

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• 2002

  Archaeology's humanism and the materiality of the body

  Thomas, J. S., 2002, Thinking Through the Body,. Y. H., M. P. & S. T. (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers

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• Taking power seriously

  Thomas, J. S., 2002, The Dynamics of Power. O. M. (ed.). Southern Illinois University Press

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• 2001

  Archaeologies of Place and Landscape

  Thomas, J. S., 2001, Archaeological Theory Today. I. H. (ed.). Policy Press

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• Intersecting landscapes

  Thomas, J. S., 2001, Contested Landscapes: Movement, Exile and Place. B. B. & M. W. (eds.). Berg Publishers

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• The Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property

  Thomas, J., 2001, host publication. R. L. & P. S. (eds.). Routledge

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• 2000

  Reconfiguring the social, reconfiguring the material

  Thomas, J. S. & Schiffer, M. B. (Editor), 2000, Social Theory in Arcaheology. University of Utah Press

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• The identity of place in Neolithic Britain: examples from south-west Scotland

  Thomas, J. S., 2000, Neolithic Orkney in its European Context,. A. R. (ed.). McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

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• 1998

  Some Problems with the Notion of External Symbolic Storage, and the case of Neolithic Material Culture in Britain

  Thomas, J. S., 1998, Cognition and Culture: The Archaeology of External Symbolic Storage. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research

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