Pathways and Ceremonies: The Cursus Monuments of Britain and Ireland: 4 (Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers) - Softcover

Barclay, Alistair; Harding, Jan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900188422 ISBN 13: 9781900188425

Publisher: Oxbow Books, 2017

Synopsis

A review of the most recent evidence from cursuses, and ideas on their interpretation, with contributions as follows: Introduction (J Harding and A Barclay) , the radiocarbon problem (A Barclay and A Bayliss) , symbolic territories (J Harding) , processions, memories and the Dorset cursus (R Johnston) , Dorchester on Thames - ritual complex or ritual landscape (R Loveday) , cattle, cursus monuments and the river ... the Upper Thames (A Barclay and G Hey) , the Cambridgeshire Ouse (T Malim) , Eastern England (J Last) , the Cleaven Dyke (A Barclay and G Maxwell) , the Holywood cursus, Dumfries (J Thomas et al) , cursus monuments in Scotland (K Brophy) , cursus monuments in Wales (A Gibson) , cursus-like monuments in Ireland (C Newman) , Passy-Rots and linear monuments in northern France (I Kinnes) .

About this title

From the Publisher:

Alistair Barclay current works as Principal Post-Excavation Manager for Cotswold Archaeology and has been involved in publication for nearly 30 years in which time he has contributed to more than a dozen monographs as co-author/editor, he has also written and edited numerous articles. He was co-editor of NSG 4: Pathways and Ceremonies: the cursus monuments of Britain and Ireland.

Jan Harding is a senior lecturer in Prehistory at the University of Newcastle. He is a specialist in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain with over 50 publications to his name, including the book Henge Monuments of the British Isles.

Synopsis:

A review of the recent evidence from Neolithic cursuses, and ideas on their interpretation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxbow Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1900188422
• ISBN 13: 9781900188425
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154