Statements in Stone
Monuments and Society in Neolithic Brittany
Published on 1. November 2002
224 pages
978-1-134-91808-9 (ISBN)
Description
The megalithic monuments of Western Europe cover a period of over 2,000 years, from the earliest neolithic to the beginning of the Bronze Age, and have excited the popular imagination for centuries. Based on the evidence of recent excavations, and the most up-to-date and controversial theoretical perspectives of archaeology, Statements in Stone is the first account to put the megalithic traditions of Brittany in a social context and to develop a social model to account for their emergence and development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
3,35 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-91808-9 (9781134918089)
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Content
1 MEGALITHS AND SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTION 2 CENTRES OF PRODUCTION AND SPHERES OF INTERACTION Stone axe exchange in the Armorican Neolithic 3 LONG MOUNDS AND GIANT MENHIRS Ritual landscapes of the first farmers 4 MONUMENTS IN A COASTAL LANDSCAPE Passage graves of the Armorican Littoral 5 STATEMENTS OF POWER AND SYMBOLS OF WEALTH The great mounds and alignments of the Carnac region 6 LAND FOR THE LIVING, TOMBS FOR THE DEAD Burial monuments of the Late Neolithic 7 SEALING THE TOMBS The abandonment of megaliths 8 CONCLUSION: RITUAL LANDSCAPES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE IN THE ARMORICAN NEOLITHIC
