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Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe: Perception and Society During the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age - Hardcover

 
9780415273138: Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe: Perception and Society During the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415273137 ISBN 13: 9780415273138
Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

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 countries with the Atlantic zone (including Britain, France, Ireland, Spain and Sweden) 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 archaeological ideas and approaches converging around this central theme.

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About the Author

Chris Scarre is deputy director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge and specialises in the prehistory of Europe and the Mediterranean.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415273137
ISBN 13 
9780415273138
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
Editor
Scarre Chris