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Round mounds and monumentality in the British Neolithic and beyond /

This volume, the tenth published collection of seminar papers from the Neolithic Studies Group, is based upon a conference that took place at the British Museum in November 2008. The meeting aimed to consider the chronology and development of Neolithic round mounds; their changing form and use; thei...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Leary, Jim, Darvill, Timothy, Field, David, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK ; Oakville, CT : Oxbow Books, ©2010.
Colección:Neolithic Studies Group seminar papers ; 10.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Design, geometry, and the metamorphosis of monuments / David Field
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  • a place where they tried their criminals" : Neolithic round mounds in Perth and Kinross / Kenneth Brophy
  • Scotland's Neolithic non-megalithic round mounds : new dates, problems, and potential / Alison Sheridan
  • Tynwald Hill and the round mounds of the Isle of Man / Timothy Darvill
  • Recent work on the Neolithic round barrows of the upper Great Wold Valley, Yorkshire / Alex Gibson and Alex Bayliss
  • "One of the most interesting barrows ever examined" : Liffs Low revisited / Roy Loveday and Alistair Barclay
  • Neolithic round barrows on the Cotswolds / Timothy Darvill
  • Silbury Hill : a monument in motion / Jim Leary
  • The brood of Silbury? : a remote look at some other sizeable Wessex mounds / Martyn Barber [and others]
  • The mystery of the hill / Jonathan Last
  • The formative henge : speculations drawn from the circular traditions of Wales and adjacent counties / Steve Burrow
  • Monumentality and inclusion in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland / Geraldine Stout
  • Round mounds containing portal tombs / Tatjana Kytmannow
  • Native American mound building traditions / Peter Topping
  • The round mound is not a monument / Tim Ingold.