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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783058303321

Titolo

Monuments and landscape in Atlantic Europe : perception and society during the Neolithic and early Bronze Age / / edited by Chris Scarre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-48219-1

1-134-48220-5

1-280-11176-3

0-203-99405-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ScarreChristopher

Disciplina

936

Soggetti

Neolithic period - Europe, Western

Bronze age - Europe, Western

Megalithic monuments - Europe, Western

Landscape assessment - Europe, Western

Europe, Western Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Cover title : Monuments and landscape in Atlantic Europe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Standing stones and natural outcrops; 3 Castanheiro do Vento and the significance of monumental Copper and Bronze Age sites in northern Portugal; 4 The architecture of the natural world: rock art in western Iberia; 5 The perception of space and geometry; 6 Coast and cosmos: the Neolithic monuments of northern Brittany; 7 All cultural things; 8 The land, the sky and the Scottish stone circle; 9 Knocknarea; 10 Megaliths in a mythologised landscape; 11 Visible intentions?

12 Conclusion: long conversations, concerning time, descent and place in the worldIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Atlantic Europe is the zone par excellence of megalithic monuments, which encompass a wide range of earthen and stone constructions from inpressive stone circles to modest chambered tombs. A single basic concept lies behind this volume - that the intrinsic qualities encountered within the diverse landscapes pf Atlantic Europe both informed the settings chosen for the monuments and played a role in



determining their form and visual appearance. Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe goes significantly beyond the limits of existing debate by inviting archaeologists from different cou