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UNINA9910818094003321 |
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Titolo |
Monuments and landscape in Atlantic Europe : perception and society during the Neolithic and early Bronze Age / / edited by Chris Scarre |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-48219-1 |
1-134-48220-5 |
1-280-11176-3 |
0-203-99405-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Neolithic period - Europe, Western |
Bronze age - Europe, Western |
Megalithic monuments - Europe, Western |
Landscape assessment - Europe, Western |
Europe, Western Antiquities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Cover title : Monuments and landscape in Atlantic Europe. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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