| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: situating monuments: the dialogue between built form and landform in Atlantic Europe / Chris Scarre -- pt. 1. Atlantic Iberia -- Standing stones and natural outcrops: the role of ritual monuments in the Neolithic transition of the Central Alentejo / Manuel Calado -- Castanheiro do Vento and the significance of monumental Copper and Bronze Age sites in northern Portugal / Vítor Oliveira Jorge [and others] -- Architecture of the natural world: rock art in western Iberia / Lara Bacelar Alves -- pt. 2. Atlantic France -- Perception of space and geometry: megalithic monuments of west-central France in their relationship to the landscape / Luc Laporte, Roger Joussaume, Chris Scarre -- Coast and cosmos: the Neolithic monuments of northern Brittany / Chris Scarre -- pt. 3. Britain and Ireland -- All cultural things: actual and conceptual monuments in the Neolithic of western Britain / Vicki Cummings -- Land, the sky and the Scottish stone circle / Richard Bradley -- Knocknarea: the ultimate monument: megaliths and mountains in Neolithic Cúil Irra, north-west Ireland / Stefan Bergh -- Megaliths in a mythologised landscape: south-west Ireland in the Iron Age / William O'Brien -- pt. 4. Scandinavia -- Visible intentions? Viewshed analysis of Bronze Age burial mounds in western Scania, Sweden / Karin Ericson Lagerås -- Conclusion: long conversations, concerning time, descent and place in the world / Alasdair Whittle |
| Summary |
"Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe goes significantly beyond the limits of the existing debate by inviting archeologists from different countries with the Atlantic zone to examine the relationship between landscape features and prehistoric monuments in their specialist regions. By placing the issue within a broader regional and intellectual context, the authors illustrate the diversity of current archeological ideas and approaches converging around this central theme. The regions represented include Britain, France, Ireland, Spain and Sweden. The result constitutes a remarkable testament to the convergence of conceptual approaches to prehistoric monuments in the diverse landscapes and diverse intellectual traditions of Atlantic Europe."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Neolithic period -- Europe, Western
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Bronze age -- Europe, Western
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Megalithic monuments -- Europe, Western
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Landscape assessment -- Europe, Western
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Antiquities
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Bronze age
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Landscape assessment
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Megalithic monuments
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Neolithic period
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| SUBJECT |
Europe, Western -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Western Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scarre, Christopher.
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| LC no. |
2001048692 |
| ISBN |
0415273145 |
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9780415273145 |
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0203994051 |
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9780203994054 |
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0415273137 |
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9780415273138 |
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9786610111763 |
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6610111766 |
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9781134482207 |
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1134482205 |
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9781134482153 |
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1134482159 |
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9781134482191 |
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1134482191 |
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1280111763 |
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9781280111761 |
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