Ancestral geographies of the Neolithic : landscapes, monuments and memory / / Mark Edmonds

• Autore: Edmonds M. R (Mark R.)
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Disciplina: 936.1
• Soggetto topico: Neolithic period - Great Britain; Earthworks (Archaeology) - Great Britain; Human ecology - Great Britain; Landscape assessment - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Antiquities
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-168) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Settings and scenes; Origins; Ancestral geographies; Keeping to the path; Working stone; A gift from the ancestors; The living and the dead; Attending to the dead; A time and a place for enclosure; Drawing the line; Arenas of value; The pattern of things; Changes in the land; Post excavation; Postscript; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Archaeological evidence suggests that Neolithic sites had many different, frequently contradictory functions, and there may have been other uses for which no evidence survives. How can archaeologists present an effective interpetation, with the consciousness that both their own subjectivity, and the variety of conflicting views will determine their approach. Because these sites have become a focus for so much controversy, the problem of presenting them to the public assumes a critical importance. The authors do not seek to provide a comprehensive review of the archaeology of all these caus
• Titolo autorizzato: Ancestral geographies of the Neolithic
• ISBN: 1-134-62933-8; 1-134-62934-6; 1-280-33305-7; 0-203-02019-7; 0-203-16962-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829296303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II