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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786977803321

Titolo

Beyond barrows : current research on the structuration and perception of the prehistoric landscape through monuments / / edited by D. Fontijn, A.J. Louwen, S. Van Der Vaart & K. Wentink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Sidestone Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

90-8890-168-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps; digital file(s)

Disciplina

936

Soggetti

Mounds

Landforms

Excavations (Archaeology)

Landscape archaeology

Bronze age - Antiquities

Europe Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Europe is dotted with tens of thousands of prehistoric barrows. In spite of their ubiquity, little is known on the role they had in pre- and protohistoric landscapes. In 2010, an international group of archaeologists came together at the conference of the European Association of Archaeologists in The Hague to discuss and review current research on this topic. This book presents the proceedings of that session.The focus is on the prehistory of Scandinavia and the Low Countries, but also includes an excursion to huge prehistoric mounds in the southeast of North America. One contribution presents