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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 936
• Soggetto topico: Neolithic period - Europe, Western; Bronze age - Europe, Western; Megalithic monuments - Europe, Western; Landscape assessment - Europe, Western
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Western Antiquities
• Altri autori: ScarreChristopher
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Monuments and landscape in Atlantic Europe
• ISBN: 1-134-48219-1; 1-134-48220-5; 1-280-11176-3; 0-203-99405-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783058303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II