Neolithic and Copper Age Monuments: Emergence, function and the social construction of the landscape

Description

The Neolithic and Copper age monuments in Europe, consisting of stone temples and circles, standing stones, henge monuments, long barrows, megalithic graves, buildings and pyramids, are the most impressive remains of past societies and present striking features of the prehistoric landscape. This volume is concerned with these monuments and offers a broad and up-to-date discussion on their emergence and function, their situation in the landscapes and the reconstruction of the prehistoric societies in diverse archaeological contexts and regions in Europe and in one area of the Near East. It brings together new data and methodological approaches, as well as current discussions and interpretations. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SARDINIAN PREHISTORIC BURIALS IN A MEDITERRANEAN PERSPECTIVE. SYMBOLIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS RECENT RESEARCH ON MEGALITHIC CORSICA THE EMERGENCE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MEGALITHS WITHIN THE INSULAR SOCIETIES OF CORSICA, SARDINIA AND MALTA A CHRONO-CULTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GRAVE GOODS FROM THE FINAL NEOLITHIC AND THE EARLY BRONZE AGE IN PROVENCE MONUMENTALITY, VISIBILITY AND ROUTES CONTROL IN SOUTHEASTERN IBERIAN MEGALITHIC SITES TOMB LOCATION AND GRAVE GOODS: CONTINUOUS USE AND DESTRUCTION IN THE RIO DE GOR MEGALITHIC NECROPOLEIS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PLOUGH MARKS FOR THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE RISE OF THE FIRST MONUMENTAL BURIAL ARCHITECTURE IN EARLY NEOLITHIC NORTHERN CENTRAL EUROPE MULTI-FAITH LANDSCAPES - FORBIDDEN OR FORGOTTEN TIMES? EARLY NEOLITHIC SPECIAL BUILDING SITES OF UPPER MESOPOTAMIA