Table of Contents

List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Part I. Neolithic Britain and the Study of Exchange Systems: 1. Making the connections; 2. Neolithic Britain - background to the case study; 3. Studying stone axe in Neolithic Britain; Part II. Axe Production in the Cumbrian Mountains: 4. Tackling the problem at source; 5. Establishing a methodology; 6. Test excavations at Great Langdale; 7. Great Langdale in its regional context; Part III. Exchange Systems and the Study of Neolithic Britain: 8. The wider significance of the 'axe trade': the Earlier Neolithic; 9. The wider significance of the 'axe trade': the Later Neolithic; 10. Retrospect; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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Interpreting the Axe Trade documents the changing character and context of stone axe production and exchange in the British Neolithic.