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Orientation of prehistoric monuments in Britain : a reassessment / Alistair Marshall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marshall, Alistair (Alistair J.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Megalithic monuments--British Isles.
- Megalithic monuments.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (704 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress Archaeology, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Reassesses major axial alignment at many megalithic ritual and funerary monuments (Neolithic to Bronze Age) in Britain and Ireland, not in terms of abstract astronomical concerns, but as an expression of repeated seasonal propitiation involving community, agrarian economy and ancestry in an attempt to mitigate variable environmental conditions.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- "extensive online image archive"--Home page.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 13, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781789697063
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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