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Megalithic Monuments and Social Structures

Author : Maria Wunderlich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789088907883
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Megalithic Monuments and Social Structures written by Maria Wunderlich and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Megalith building constitutes not only a past, but also a recent phenomenon, which is still practised today. The documentation and interpretation of recent megalith building traditions is offering potential aid in the interpretation of prehistoric monuments. Fieldwork in Sumba and Nagaland set up a frame to answer questions such as: Who is buried in the megalithic tombs and what kind of commemoration is connected to megalithic monuments? How are socioeconomic characteristics of the associated households and societies reflected in the megaliths?0'Megalithic monuments and social structures' includes various archaeological and ethnoarchaeological case studies on social implications of megalith building activities from a comparative perspective. The case studies presented include recent megalith building traditions in Sumba, Indonesia, Nagaland, North-East India, as well as Neolithic Funnel Beaker communities in today's Northern Germany and Southern Sweden.0This book presents a rich body of new data. By taking into account recent examples of megalithic construction, knowledge on important and influential ways of acting within societal contexts was expanded, whereby above all decentralised and communally-designed mechanisms are important. The case studies presented here clearly demonstrate the importance of cooperative and competitive structures and their effect on feasting activities and megalith building. Additionally, megalithic monuments represent a way of expressing and materialising economic inequality and social prestige. These mechanism and aspects also represent interpretations regarding Funnel Beaker societies, which can supplement the existing ideas of megalithic construction in Neolithic Northern Europe.0.

The Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland

Author : Christopher Scarre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland written by Christopher Scarre and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Stonehenge to Newgrange, one of the richest arrays of megalithic monuments in Europe is found in Britain and Ireland. Using massive stone blocks, timber posts and mounds of earth or chalk, the people of these islands built great monuments from the beginning of the Neolithic and the arrival of pottery and farming some 6000 years ago down into the Bronze Age. The number and sheer diversity of these structures is astonishing. Stone circles and chambered tombs, burial mounds and earthwork enclosures, henges and cursus monuments, all belong to the same general category of monumental prehistoric architecture. Tombs, sanctuaries, places of cult and of memory: these Neolithic monuments had numerous functions in prehistoric societies. Transforming the lanscape, such grand structures must have represented for their communities a particular way of responding to changing social and symbolic needs, whether processing the dead, gathering for ceremonies, or embellishing locations that were of sacred significance. Organized by geographical area this authoritative overview is ideal for traveller and student alike.

The Megalithic Architectures of Europe

Author : Luc Laporte
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781789258097
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Book Synopsis The Megalithic Architectures of Europe by : Luc Laporte

Download or read book The Megalithic Architectures of Europe written by Luc Laporte and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First major synthesis by leading regional specialists in English of recent excavation results and new approaches to the study of megalithic monuments and their individual histories across Europe.

Indonesian Megaliths: A Forgotten Cultural Heritage

Author : Tara Steimer-Herbet
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 178491844X
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Book Synopsis Indonesian Megaliths: A Forgotten Cultural Heritage by : Tara Steimer-Herbet

Download or read book Indonesian Megaliths: A Forgotten Cultural Heritage written by Tara Steimer-Herbet and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of Indonesian megaliths based on scientific documents and field visits, this work highlights misunderstood—and sometimes threatened by destruction—aspects of Indonesian cultural heritage and offers a unique perspective on megalithic monuments abandoned for several centuries in the archipelago.

Statements in Stone

Author : Mark Patton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134918097
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Statements in Stone written by Mark Patton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statements in Stone is based on the most recent - and controversial - theoretical perspectives in archaeology. It will be of great interest to students of archaeology and anthropology.

The Megaliths of Northern Europe

Author : Magdalena Midgley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113426450X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book The Megaliths of Northern Europe written by Magdalena Midgley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North European megaliths are among the most enduring structures built in prehistory; they are imbued with symbolic meanings which embody physical and conceptual ideas about the nature of the world inhabited by the first Northern farmers. The Megaliths of Northern Europe provides a much needed up-to-date synthesis of the material available on these monuments, incorporating the results of recent research in Holland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. This research has brought to light new data on the construction of the megaliths and their role in the cultural landscape, and Magdalena Midgley offers a fascinating interpretation of the symbolism of megalithic tombs within the context of early farming communities. This wealth of new evidence suggests the Northern European megaliths were important foci in the wider north-west European context. The construction of dolmens and passage graves, using huge glacial boulders, demanded both great communal effort and considerable skill. In addition to this technical expertise the master builders also made use of their esoteric knowledge of rituals. This was expressed in the use of exotic building materials and special architectural features, and in the placement of tombs within the natural and cultural landscapes, creating new metaphors and images. Fully illustrated, this book will be of interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of European Prehistory, Archaeology and Prehistoric Anthropology, as well as architects who study ancient architecture and social anthropologists who study modern megaliths.

The Archaeology of Malta

Author : Claudia Sagona
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107006694
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Archaeology of Malta written by Claudia Sagona and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book synthesizes the archaeology of the Maltese archipelago from the first human colonization c. 5000 BC through the Roman period (c. 400 AD). Claudia Sagona interprets the archaeological record to explain changing social and political structures, intriguing ritual practices, and cultural contact through several millennia.

The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial

Author : Sarah Tarlow
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191650390
Total Pages : 921 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial written by Sarah Tarlow and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 921 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial reviews the current state of mortuary archaeology and its practice, highlighting its often contentious place in the modern socio-politics of archaeology. It contains forty-four chapters which focus on the history of the discipline and its current scientific techniques and methods. Written by leading, international scholars in the field, it derives its examples and case studies from a wide range of time periods, such as the middle palaeolithic to the twentieth century, and geographical areas which include Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia. Combining up-to-date knowledge of relevant archaeological research with critical assessments of the theme and an evaluation of future research trajectories, it draws attention to the social, symbolic, and theoretical aspects of interpreting mortuary archaeology. The volume is well-illustrated with maps, plans, photographs, and illustrations and is ideally suited for students and researchers.

Temples of Stone

Author : Carleton Jones
Publisher : Collins Press
ISBN 13 : 9781848891678
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Temples of Stone written by Carleton Jones and published by Collins Press. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential book on Ireland's megaliths; lavishly illustrated.

Megalithism

Author : Alberto Pozzi
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612332552
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Megalithism written by Alberto Pozzi and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Megalithism, or the art of using huge boulders to create sacred, pagan monuments and sites, still fascinates us today. How did Prehistoric man cut, transport, and place such enormous stones, some weighing up to 200 metric tons, without bulldozers, drills, and cranes? Yet primitive man, without the written word or wheel, created structures which still stupefy us in the 21st century, both due to their components and the precision used in positioning them. This book takes us back in time to the 5th-2nd millennia B.C. and helps us visualise the Stone Age world and its constructions - menhirs, dolmens, rows and circles of standing stones. Undoubtedly they were sacred places, used for pagan rituals and funerary purposes, but the author also gives us details of their astronomic and physical alignment, which clearly demonstrates the knowledge of the heavens these ancestors had and how they applied it without slide-rules, set squares, and theodolites. The high priests of ancient times could calculate when the solstices and equinoxes would occur and thus regulate the seasons for sowing and reaping. The author's careful and updated identification of all such structures leads us through 'Ancient European Megalithism' complete with the religious and social aspects of it and its pagan legacies. He does not neglect forms of 'sub-actual' megalithism either - the use of massive stones by peoples described as primitive but with a relatively advanced culture who lived in times closer to our own in Africa, Asia, and South America. The myths and legends arising from the megalithic structures are recounted here in detail; the author also describes megalithic art in the form of statue-stele and menhir statues, as well as the often intricate decoration carved on single stones and in construction such as dolmens, funerary mounds, astronomic observatories, and temples. He also describes studies and experiments on the methods of transport and construction used by Prehistoric peoples, together with conflicting opinions and theories. Amply illustrated with photographs and drawings, Megalithism guides the reader through every part of the megalithic world with smooth-flowing text that will be accessible to specialists and interested general public alike.

Archaeology in the Zitava Valley I

Author : Martin Furholt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789088908972
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Archaeology in the Zitava Valley I written by Martin Furholt and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early Neolithic site of Vráble (5250-4950 cal BCE) is among the largest LBK settlement agglomerations in Central Europe. This volume presents the finds, features and data uncovered and synthesised from our archaeological, pedological, geophysical, archaeobotanical, anthropological, zoo-archaeological and stable isotope studies.

Time and Stone: The Emergence and Development of Megaliths and Megalithic Societies in Europe

Author : Bettina Schulz Paulsson
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784916862
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Time and Stone: The Emergence and Development of Megaliths and Megalithic Societies in Europe written by Bettina Schulz Paulsson and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis is concerned with the dating of megaliths in Europe and is based on 2410 available radiocarbon results and the application of a Bayesian statistical framework. It is, so far, the largest existing attempt to establish a supra-regional synthesis on the emergence and development of megaliths in Europe.

Megaliths of the World

Author : Luc Laporte
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803273216
Total Pages : 1436 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Megaliths of the World written by Luc Laporte and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-08-22 with total page 1436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the latest research on megalithic monuments throughout the world, 150 researchers offer 72 articles, providing a region-by region account in their specialist areas, and a summary of the current state of knowledge. Highlighting salient themes, the book is vital to anyone interested in the phenomenon of megalithic monumentality.

Megaliths from Antiquity

Author : Timothy Darvill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Megaliths from Antiquity written by Timothy Darvill and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Antiquity Publications announces the publication of the third volume of Antiquity papers, drawing on the 75-year tradition of publishing articles of enduring value. The third volume of reprinted classic papers explores the ever intriguing theme of British and European megaliths. Thirty-six papers examine four principal themes on megalithic studies. The earliest monuments - the great tombs and dolmens - reveal the extent of megalithic variety. Papers range from Daniel's early studies of British dolmens to more recent debates; the perennial interest in Stonehenge and Avebury has figured prominently in Antiquity and is brought fully up to date. The presence of timber and earth circles as precursors or alternatives to megalithic structures show further variety in ancient monument building. The final section, Beyond the Megaliths, through studies of ancient engineering, archaeoastronomy and sensory archaeology demonstrates the abiding interest in interpretations of function and meaning in the ancient stones."--provided by publisher.

The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age

Author : Harry Fokkens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199572860
Total Pages : 1012 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age written by Harry Fokkens and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age is a wide-ranging survey of a crucial period in prehistory during which many social, economic, and technological changes took place. Written by expert specialists in the field, the book provides coverage both of the themes that characterize the period, and of the specific developments that took place in the various countries of Europe. After an introduction and a discussion of chronology, successive chapters deal with settlement studies, burial analysis, hoards and hoarding, monumentality, rock art, cosmology, gender, and trade, as well as a series of articles on specific technologies and crafts (such as transport, metals, glass, salt, textiles, and weighing). The second half of the book covers each country in turn. From Ireland to Russia, Scandinavia to Sicily, every area is considered, and up to date information on important recent finds is discussed in detail. The book is the first to consider the whole of the European Bronze Age in both geographical and thematic terms, and will be the standard book on the subject for the foreseeable future.

The Old Stones

Author : Andy Burnham
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1786782030
Total Pages : 709 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Old Stones written by Andy Burnham and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of Current Archaeology’s Book of the Year Discover the iconic standing stones and prehistoric sites of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland—this comprehensive, coffee table travel guide features over 750 must-see destinations, with maps and color photographs The ultimate insiders’ guide, The Old Stones gives unparalleled insight into where to find prehistoric sites and how to understand them, by drawing on the knowledge, expertise and passion of the archaeologists, theorists, photographers and stones aficionados who contribute to the world’s biggest megalithic website—the Megalithic Portal. Including over 30 maps and site plans and hundreds of color photographs, it also contains scores of articles by a wide range of contributors—from archaeologists and archaeoastronomers to dowsers and geomancers—that will change the way you see these amazing survivals from our distant past. Locate over 1,000 of Britain and Ireland’s most atmospheric prehistoric places, from recently discovered moorland circles to standing stones hidden in housing estates. Discover which sites could align with celestial bodies or horizon landmarks. Explore acoustic, color, and shadow theory to get inside the minds of the Neolithic and Bronze Age people who created these extraordinary places. Find out which sites have the most spectacular views, which are the best for getting away from it all and which have been immortalized in music. And don't forget to visit the Megalithic Portal website and get involved by posting your discoveries online. All royalties from this book go to support the running of the Megalithic Portal: www.megalithic.com.

Ideology, Power and Prehistory

Author : Theoretical Archaeology Group (England). Conference
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521255264
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book Ideology, Power and Prehistory written by Theoretical Archaeology Group (England). Conference and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1984-05-03 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book starts from the premise that methodology has always dominated archaeology to the detriment of broader social theory.