Beyond Barrows : Current research on the structuration and perception of the Prehistoric Landscape through Monuments / David R. Fontijn [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fontijn, David R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages)

Other Title:

Beyond Barrows

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2013.

Summary:

Europe is dotted with tens of thousands of prehistoric barrows. In spite of their ubiquity, little is known on the role they had in pre- and protohistoric landscapes. In 2010, an international group of archaeologists came together at the conference of the European Association of Archaeologists in The Hague to discuss and review current research on this topic. This book presents the proceedings of that session. The focus is on the prehistory of Scandinavia and the Low Countries, but also includes an excursion to huge prehistoric mounds in the southeast of North America. One contribution presents new evidence on how the immediate environment of Neolithic Funnel Beaker (TRB) culture megaliths was ordered, another one discusses the role of remarkable single and double post alignments around Bronze and Iron Age burial mounds. Zooming out, several chapters deal with the place of barrows in the broader landscape.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Sidestone Press, viewed February 17, 2023).

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access