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The Significance of Monuments: On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe

By Richard Bradley

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1998
ISBN
0415152046, 9780415152044, 9780203159507
LCC
GN776.2.A1 B73 1998
Open Library ID
OL680957M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3562165 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
193\193
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-11-21 21:13:21

Description

The Neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments--including Stonehenge-- were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguities. Students of prehistory have long found the highly theoretical interpretations of the period perplexing and contradictory. Starting in the Mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the Late Bronze Age, Richard Bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoples. The Significance of Monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation to six thousand years later. The book begins with a discussion of how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric Europe. The second part goes on to study how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studies.

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