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Statements in stone : monuments and society in Neolithic Brittany /

The great stone monuments, or megaliths, of Western Europe have for centuries excited the popular imagination. Recent years have seen an upsurge of interest in megalith studies involving a shift in emphasis away from traditional concerns with typology, chronology and megalithic 'origins' t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patton, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1 MEGALITHS AND SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTION
  • chapter 2 CENTRES OF PRODUCTION AND SPHERES OF INTERACTION
  • Stone axe exchange in the Armorican Neolithic
  • chapter 3 LONG MOUNDS AND GIANT MENHIRS
  • Ritual landscapes of the first farmers
  • chapter 4 MONUMENTS IN A COASTAL LANDSCAPE
  • Passage graves of the Armorican Littoral
  • chapter 5 STATEMENTS OF POWER AND SYMBOLS OF WEALTH
  • The great mounds and alignments of the Carnac region
  • chapter 6 LAND FOR THE LIVING, TOMBS FOR THE DEAD
  • Burial monuments of the Late Neolithic
  • chapter 7 SEALING THE TOMBS
  • The abandonment of megaliths
  • chapter 8 CONCLUSION: RITUAL LANDSCAPES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN THE ARMORICAN NEOLITHIC.