Houses of the Dead? : neolithic studies group seminar papers 16 / Alistair Barclay, David Field and Jim Leary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barclay, Alistair, editor.

Field, David, editor.

Leary, Jim, editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Neolithic Studies Group seminar papers ; 17.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dwellings.

Excavation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 195 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Philadelphia, PA : Oxbow Books, [2020]

Contents:

1 Schrödinger's Cat: Houses for the living and the dead p. 1 / Jim Leary and David Field and Alistair Barclay

2 Hypogea and the clubhouse: Neolithic Malta's houses of the living and houses of the dead p. 15 / Robert P. Barratt and Caroline Malone and T. Rowan McLaughlin and Eóin W. Parkinson

3 Houses of the living, houses of the dead: A view from the Polish lowlands p. 39 / Joanna Pyzel

4 'Cicéron c'est Poincaré'. Dealing with geometry: Neolithic house plans and the earliest monuments p. 47 / Philippe Chambon

5 The dead and the Linearbandkeramik longhouse p. 59 / Penny Bickle

6 The long and short of it: Memory and practice in the Early Neolithic of Britain and Ireland p. 79 / Alasdair Whittle

7 Measuring up: Longhouses, enclosures or mounds? p. 91 / Roy Loveday

8 Houses foundational: Gathering histories at Dorstone Hill, Herefordshire p. 107 / Keith Ray and Julian Thomas

9 New work on long barrows in Lincolnshire p. 121 / Denise Drury and Tim Allen

10 A dialogue with the dead? The relationship between an Early Neolithic rectangular timber building and a chambered tomb on Holy Island, Anglesey, north-west Wales p. 135 / Jane Kenney

11 House of the living, house of the dead: An open and shut case from Ballyglass, Co. Mayo? p. 145 / Jessica Smyth

12 Shaky foundations: Romantic nationalism and the development of the 'Irish model' of Neolithic settlement p. 159 / Andrew Whitefield

13 Structure, metaphor and funerary practices in Neolithic Scotland p. 177 / Alison Sheridan

14 The state of play p. 191 / Frances Healy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781789254105

1789254108

OCLC:

1119990061

Publisher Number:

99984135722