The Origin And Function Of The Earthen Long Barrows Of Northern Europe
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Author | : Magdalena S. Midgley |
Publisher | : BAR International Series |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Magdalena S. Midgley |
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Total Pages | : 874 |
Release | : 1984 |
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Author | : Ulrich Fischer |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1987 |
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Author | : Magdalena Midgley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2008-07-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134264496 |
Download The Megaliths of Northern Europe Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Chris Fowler |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 856 |
Release | : 2015-03-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0191666882 |
Download The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Neolithic —a period in which the first sedentary agrarian communities were established across much of Europe—has been a key topic of archaeological research for over a century. However, the variety of evidence across Europe, the range of languages in which research is carried out, and the way research traditions in different countries have developed makes it very difficult for both students and specialists to gain an overview of continent-wide trends. The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe provides the first comprehensive, geographically extensive, thematic overview of the European Neolithic —from Iberia to Russia and from Norway to Malta —offering both a general introduction and a clear exploration of key issues and current debates surrounding evidence and interpretation. Chapters written by leading experts in the field examine topics such as the movement of plants, animals, ideas, and people (including recent trends in the application of genetics and isotope analyses); cultural change (from the first appearance of farming to the first metal artefacts); domestic architecture; subsistence; material culture; monuments; and burial and other treatments of the dead. In doing so, the volume also considers the history of research and sets out agendas and themes for future work in the field.
Author | : T. Douglas Price |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2000-09-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521665728 |
Download Europe's First Farmers Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Essays by leading specialists on a central issue of European history: the transition to farming.
Author | : Pierre M. Vermeersch |
Publisher | : Leuven University Press |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789061864080 |
Download Contributions to the Mesolithic in Europe Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : I. Hodder |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2013-11-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317762320 |
Download The Meanings of Things Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This unique and fascinating book concentrates on the varying roles and functions that material culture may play in almost all aspects of the social fabric of a given culture. The contributors, from Africa, Australia and Papua New Guinea, India, South America, the USA, and both Eastern and Western Europe, provide a rich variety of views and experience in a worldwide perspective. Several of the authors focus on essential points of principle and methodology that must be carefully considered before any particular approach to material culture is adopted. One of the many fundamental questions posed in the book is whether or not all material culture is equivalent to documents which can be 'read' and interpreted by the outside observer. If it is, what is the nature of the 'messages' or meanings conveyed in this way? The book also questions the extent to which acceptance, and subsequent diffusion, of a religious belief or symbol may be qualified by the status of the individuals concerned in transmitting the innovation, as well as by the stratification of the society involved. Several authors deal with 'works of art' and the most effective means of reaching an understanding of their past significance. In some chapters semiotics is seen as the most appropriate technique to apply to the decoding of the assumed rules and grammars of material culture expression.
Author | : Jan Albert Bakker |
Publisher | : Sidestone Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 908890023X |
Download The TRB West Group Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A classic study of the pottery of the TRB West group, originally published in 1979. Bakker deals with the research history and typochronology of the TRB pottery. Also he gives a detailed account of the other TRB finds such as flint and stone artefacts and of course the most important TRB sites. Over the years this book has become a standard-work for anyone who is interested in hunebeds and their makers. The author has written a new introduction to this reprint in which he describes how the book of 1979 came together and the research that has been carried out since then.
Author | : Christopher Tilley |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2003-10-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521568210 |
Download An Ethnography of the Neolithic Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Archaeological research in Sweden and Denmark has uncovered a startling array of evidence over the last 150 years, but until now there has been no comprehensive synthesis and interpretation of the material. An Ethnography of the Neolithic bridges this gap, giving an accessible and up-to-date analysis of a wide range of evidence, from landscapes to monumental tombs to portable artifacts. Christopher Tilley also uses this material as a basis for a provocative and novel reconstruction of late Mesolithic and earlier Neolithic societies in southern Scandinavia, over a period of 3,000 years. His skilful integration of archaeological evidence with new anthropological approaches makes this book an original contribution to an important topic, whose significance stretches outside Scandinavia, and beyond the Neolithic.