This contribution will provide a critical overview of the other papers within this special issue of Journal of World Prehistory (Elliott and Little 2018), identifying key aspects of the discussion and assessing potentials and problems in the development of Mesolithic archaeology in Britain and Ireland as a whole since 2006 (Conneller and Warren in Mesolithic Britain and Ireland: New approaches, Stroud, Tempus, 2006a). Reflections will include how the contribution of very high-resolution analyses to Mesolithic archaeology has changed since 2006 and the scale of our interpretations. The review will also identify areas which appear to be falling from analytical focus, including the role of analogies in Mesolithic archaeology and the nature of power and social relationships in Mesolithic communities.

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从瞬间到历史：中石器时代的社会考古学？

这一贡献将对本期《世界史前史》（Elliott and Little 2018）的特刊提供关键性的综述，确定讨论的关键方面，并评估英国和爱尔兰作为中美洲的中石器考古学发展的潜力和问题。整个过程自2006年以来（Conneller和Warren在中石器时代的英国和爱尔兰：新方法，Stroud，Tempus，2006a）。思考将包括自2006年以来超高分辨率分析对中石器时代考古学的贡献如何变化以及我们的解释规模。审查还将确定似乎不属于分析重点的领域，包括类比在中石器考古学中的作用以及中石器社区的权力和社会关系的性质。