This small volume examines Britain's hunter-gatherer past and presents a discussion of the movement to an agrarian society six thousand years ago and the lessons that might be learned from this paradigm shift as we prepare to confront fundamental changes in modern culture brought about by climate change and radical depletion of non-renewable resources. Wickham-Jones, a professor of archeology at the University of Aberdeen presents research from ancient sites and cogent contemporary cultural analysis to provide the reader with a clear connection between our concerned selves and our frightened forebearers. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)