Exploring Megalithic Europe

Author : Julian Heath
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781538120927

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Exploring Megalithic Europe by Julian Heath Pdf

Abundant prehistoric remains survive in the wide landscapes of Europe, but none are arguably as fascinating or awe-inspiring as the “megalithic” (after the Greek megas: great, and lithos: stone) monuments built by the people who lived here during the three hugely important periods of European prehistory known respectively as the Neolithic, the Copper Age, and the Bronze Age. These huge, prehistoric stone structures can still be found scattered in their thousands across Europe and provide a tentative but evocative link to their builders, and to Europe’s distant past. From the Mediterranean islands to the colder climes of Scandinavia, Exploring Megalithic Europe takes readers to many European countries, examining both famous and lesser-known megalithic monuments and looking at what insights these remarkable reminders of prehistoric life may provide into the ancient communities responsible for their construction.

Author : Christopher Scarre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015045985465

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Exploring Prehistoric Europe by Christopher Scarre Pdf

Part travel guide, part survey of Europe's prehistory,Exploring Prehistoric Europedelves into fifteen of the most famous, most important, and most exciting archaeological sites in Europe. The first volume in the Places in Time series, this beautiful book takes us to locales both famous and obscure, from Ireland to Poland to Malta, ranging chronologically from Terra Amata, a site in southern France occupied some 380,000 years ago, to Borremose, a Danish settlement that dates to Roman times. The author, archaeologist Chris Scarre, examines the haunting cave paintings of Lascaux, France; the stone circle and ritual complexes of Avebury, England; and the ever mysterious Stonehenge--as well as lesser known but no less intriguing sites around Europe. For each location, he conducts a careful tour of the existing remains, describes the history of its excavation, and then interprets how the site might have been built, used, or occupied. Readers will explore a variety of cultures and monuments, from megalithic stone circles to Neolithic villages to Bronze Age tombs, and see intimate portraits of the daily life of Europe's prehistoric ancestors. Perhaps equally important, Scarre has selected the sites with accessibility in mind--all can be easily reached by the modern tourist--and he also highlights local museums and visitor centers where further artifacts and information can be found. Beautifully illustrated with maps and full-color photographs,Exploring Prehistoric Europemakes the perfect companion for the historically minded traveler--or the reader who wants to curl up at home and wander at leisure through the distant past.

Author : Bettina Schulz Paulsson
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784916862

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Time and Stone: The Emergence and Development of Megaliths and Megalithic Societies in Europe by Bettina Schulz Paulsson Pdf

This analysis is concerned with the dating of megaliths in Europe and is based on 2410 available radiocarbon results and the application of a Bayesian statistical framework. It is, so far, the largest existing attempt to establish a supra-regional synthesis on the emergence and development of megaliths in Europe.

Author : Julian Cope
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007138029

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The Megalithic European by Julian Cope Pdf

Julian Cope's long-awaited follow up to The Modern Antiquarian, his bestselling and critically acclaimed guide to ancient Britain. The Megalithic European takes us on a breathtaking journey around prehistoric Europe's first temples.

Author : Alastair Service,Jean Bradbery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0460861158

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The Standing Stones of Europe by Alastair Service,Jean Bradbery Pdf

Author : European Megalithic Studies Group. Meeting,Leonardo García Sanjuán
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : 8499590837

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Explorando El Tiempo Y la Materia en Los Monumentos Prehistóricos by European Megalithic Studies Group. Meeting,Leonardo García Sanjuán Pdf

Author : Christopher Scarre
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0415273145

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Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe by Christopher Scarre Pdf

These essays examine for the first time the relationship between landscape and prehistoric monuments across Europe, placing the issue in a regional and intellectual context.

Author : Glyn Edmund Daniel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Europe
ISBN : UOM:39015018648793

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The Megalith Builders of Western Europe by Glyn Edmund Daniel Pdf

Author : Magdalena Midgley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134264490

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The Megaliths of Northern Europe by Magdalena Midgley Pdf

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 : Alastair Service,Jean Bradbery
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0297776940

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Megaliths and Their Mysteries by Alastair Service,Jean Bradbery Pdf

Author : Alastair Service,Jean Bradbery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Europe
ISBN : UCSC:32106005742769

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Megaliths and Their Mysteries by Alastair Service,Jean Bradbery Pdf

Author : Victoria Ginn,Rebecca Enlander,Rebecca Crozier
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781842178133

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Exploring Prehistoric Identity in Europe by Victoria Ginn,Rebecca Enlander,Rebecca Crozier Pdf

Identity is relational and a construct, and is expressed in a myriad of ways. For example, material culture and its pluralist meanings have been readily manipulated by humans in a prehistoric context in order to construct personal and group identities. Artefacts were often from or reminiscent of far-flung places and were used to demonstrate membership of an (imagined) regional, or European community. Earthworks frequently archive maximum visual impact through elaborate ramparts and entrances with the minimum amount of effort, indicating that the construction of identities were as much in the eye of the perceivor, as of the perceived. Variations in domestic architectural style also demonstrate the malleability of identity, and the prolonged, intermittent use of particular places for specific functions indicates that the identity of place is just as important in our archaeological understanding as the identity of people. By using a wide range of case studies, both temporally and spatially, these thought processes may be explored further and diachronic and geographic patterns in expressions of identity investigated.

Author : Anne Birgitte Gebaer,Lasse Sørensen,Anne Teather,António Carlos Valera
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789254976

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Monumentalising Life in the Neolithic by Anne Birgitte Gebaer,Lasse Sørensen,Anne Teather,António Carlos Valera Pdf

One of the principal characteristics of the European Neolithic is the development of monumentality in association with innovations in material culture and changes in subsistence from hunting and gathering to farming and pastoralism. The papers in this volume discuss the latest insights into why monumental architecture became an integral part of early farming societies in Europe and beyond. One of the topics is how we define monuments and how our arguments and recent research on temporality impacts on our interpretation of the Neolithic period. Different interpretations of Göbekli Tepe are examples of this discussion as well as our understanding of special landmarks such as flint mines. The latest evidence on the economic and paleoenvironmental context, carbon 14 dates as well as analytical methods are employed in illuminating the emergence of monumentalism in Neolithic Europe. Studies are taking place on a macro and micro scale in areas as diverse as Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Germany, the Dutch wetlands, Portugal and Malta involving a range of monuments from long barrows and megalithic tombs to roundels and enclosures. Transformation from a natural to a built environment by monumentalizing part of the landscape is discussed as well as changes in megalithic architecture in relation to shifts in the social structure. An ethnographic study of megaliths in Nagaland discuss monument building as an act of social construction. Other studies look into the role of monuments as expressions of cosmology and active loci of ceremonial performances. Also, a couple of papers analyse the social processes in the transformation of society in the aftermath of the initial boom in monument construction and the related changes in subsistence and social structure in northern Europe. The aim of the publication is to explore different theories about the relationship between monumentality and the Neolithic way of life through these studies encompassing a wide range of types of monuments over vast areas of Europe and beyond.

Author : Peter Marshall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN : 0747242038

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Europe's Lost Civilization by Peter Marshall Pdf

Who built megaliths and why? What messages are encoded in the ruins of their spectacular monuments? What light do they throw on our origins and our selves? To answer these questions, Peter Marshal sailed in a small boat from Scotland to Malta and visited all the major megalithic sites on the way. The result is this book. During his epic quest and 4000-mile voyage, Marshall comes up with some starting conclusions and his well-researched book - part adventure story and part historical detective work.

Author : Luc Laporte,Christopher Scarre
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 178925809X

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The Megalithic Architectures of Europe by Luc Laporte,Christopher Scarre Pdf

First major synthesis by leading regional specialists in English of recent excavation results and new approaches to the study of megalithic monuments and their individual histories across Europe.