'One of the great virtues of Kristiansen's approach is his clarity of style and purpose, accompanied by numerous diagrammatic models that make explicit his assumptions and interpretations. … this is a worthy and thought-provoking addition to Cambridge University Press's new Elements series, which clearly fulfils the brief of providing concise, timely and authoritative accounts of key current developments in the discipline. It deserves to be widely read.' Anders Högberg, Antiquity
Preface; 1. Introduction and background; 2. Theoretical and methodological framework; 3. Transformation and migration in later European prehistory; 4. Towards interpretative integration: cultural, genetic and social.