Archaeology of Natural Places

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Bronze Age
Bronze Age Rock Art
Carved Chalk Objects
carvings
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Causewayed Enclosures
Cup Marks
deposits
Durrington Walls
early
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European prehistory research
Flag Fen
Hill Fort
Lambay Island
landscape archaeology methods
Maumbury Rings
megalithic
Megalithic Tombs
Natural Rock Outcrops
Northern Iberia
Peak Sanctuaries
prehistoric ritual landscapes
prehistoric sacred landscape interpretation
Preseli Hills
Psychro Cave
Reindeer Herders
ritual deposition analysis
rock
Rock Art
Rock Carvings
sacred natural sites
Southern Scandinavia
Stone Axe Quarries
symbolic material culture
Timber Circle
tomb
votive
Votive Deposits
White Reindeer
Young Man

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415221504
  • Weight: 308g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Feb 2000
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This volume explores why natural places such as caves, mountains, springs and rivers assumed a sacred character in European prehistory, and how the evidence for this can be analysed in the field. It shows how established research on votive deposits, rock art and production sites can contribute to a more imaginative approach to the prehistoric landscape, and can even shed light on the origins of monumental architecture. The discussion is illustrated through a wide range of European examples, and three extended case studies.
An Archaeology of Natural Places extends the range of landscape studies and makes the results of modern research accessible to a wider audience, including students and academics, field archaeologists, and those working in heritage management.

Richard Bradley is Professor of Archaeology at Reading University. His main interests are prehistoric social and landscape archaeology and rock art. Among his recent books are The Significance of Monuments, Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europeand Altering the Earth.

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