Piggott Stuart. Ancient Europe from the Beginnings of Agriculture to Classical Antiquity: A Survey

Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1965. — xxiii+343 p.This book is, in its present form, based on the Rhind Lectures in Archaeology given at the invitation of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in November 1962. The book does not pretend to be an outline prehistory of Europe within its stated limits of time and space, but is a personal estimate of certain factors which contributed to the eventual character of the ancient world which lay behind early historical Europe. [From the Preface].Background of the Enquiry.
The Earliest Agriculturalists.
Trade, Metal-Working and Consolidation.
Climax and Change.
New Techniques and Peoples.
The Celtic World and Its Aftermath.