04194nam 2200745 a 450 991078621970332120230725035410.01-84217-801-61-84217-803-21-299-48514-6(CKB)2670000000342287(EBL)1165963(SSID)ssj0000856704(PQKBManifestationID)11529708(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856704(PQKBWorkID)10818843(PQKB)11513576(MiAaPQ)EBC1165963(Au-PeEL)EBL1165963(CaPaEBR)ebr10695228(CaONFJC)MIL479764(OCoLC)841909205(EXLCZ)99267000000034228720100713d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRound mounds and monumentality in the British Neolithic and beyond[electronic resource] /edited by Jim Leary, Timothy Darvill and David FieldOxford, U.K. ;Oakville, Conn. Oxbow Booksc20101 online resource (281 p.)Neolithic Studies Group seminar papers ;10Papers from a seminar held Nov. 3, 2008 at the British Museum.1-84217-404-5 Includes bibliographical references.Design, geometry, and the metamorphosis of monuments / David Field -- " --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 ... [et al.] -- 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.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; their relationships to contemporary cultural, ancestral and natural landscapes; the extent to which they provide scope for identifying local and regional social organization; and, not least, why they were round. Following the conference, further papers were offered for this edited volume, widening and bNeolithic Studies Group seminar papers ;10.MoundsGreat BritainCongressesMonumentsGreat BritainCongressesNeolithic periodGreat BritainCongressesMoundsCongressesMonumentsCongressesNeolithic periodCongressesAntiquitiesCongressesGreat BritainAntiquitiesCongressesMoundsMonumentsNeolithic periodMoundsMonumentsNeolithic periodAntiquities936.1Leary Jim1541818Darvill Timothy166248Field David1950-1541816MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786219703321Round mounds and monumentality in the British Neolithic and beyond3794193UNINA