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9780415221504

An Archaeology of Natural Places

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    9780415221504

  • ISBN10:

    0415221501

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  • Copyright: 2000-04-06
  • Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Archaeology of Natural Placesis the first book to examine the special importance that unaltered features of the landscape held for prehistoric peoples. 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 analyzed in the field. Extending the range of landscape studies, this book makes the results of modern research accessible to a wider audience, including students and academics, field archaeologists, and those working in heritage management.

Author Biography

Richard Bradley is Professor of Archaeology at Reading University.

Table of Contents

List of illustration
ix
Preface xi
PART 1 Introductions 1(44)
In the cave of thunder: sacred places in a northern landscape
3(15)
Overworlds and underworlds: sacred places in a Classical landscape
18(15)
Nature study: the archaeological potential of unaltered places
33(12)
PART 2 Explorations 45(70)
Presenting arms: the locations of votive deposits in prehistoric Europe
47(17)
Seeing through stone: rock art research as landscape archaeology
64(17)
The movement of mountains: production sites and the archaeology of places
81(16)
The origin of spaces: monuments and the natural topography
97(18)
PART 3 Interpretations 115(47)
The history of the world: a case study from Neolithic Britain
117(15)
Walking on water: a case study from Bronze Age Scandinavia
132(15)
A long-playing record: the significance of natural places in later prehistoric Europe
147(15)
Bibliography 162(12)
Index 174

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