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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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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.