Caves in context : the cultural significance of caves and rockshelters in Europe / edited by Knut Andreas Bergsvik and Robin Skeates.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bergsvik, Knut Andreas.

Skeates, Robin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caves--Europe--History.

Caves.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxbow Books ; Oakville, Conn. : [Distributed by] David Brown, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Caves in Context provides the thriving inter-disciplinary field of cave studies with a European-scale survey of current research in cave archaeology. It is unified by a contemporary theoretical emphasis on the cultural significance and diversity of caves over space and time. Caves and rockshelters are found all over Europe, and have frequently been occupied by human groups, from prehistory right up to the present day. Some appear to have only traces of short occupations, while others contain deep cultural deposits, indicating longer and multiple occupations. Above all, there is great variabili

Contents:

List of contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Caves in context: an introduction; Chapter 2: From Assynt to Oban: some observations on prehistoric cave use in western Scotland; Chapter 3: Mesolithic caves and rockshelters in Western Norway; Chapter 4: Rockshelters in central Norway: long-term changes in use, social organization and production; Chapter 5: On the outer fringe of the human world: phenomenological perspectives on anthropomorphic cave paintings in Norway; Chapter 6: On the (l)edge: the case of Vale Boi rockshelter (Algarve, Southern Portugal)

Chapter 7: The use of caves and rockshelters by the last Neandertal and fi rst Modern Human societies in Cantabrian Iberia: similarities, diff erences, and territorial implicationsChapter 8: La Garma (Spain): long-term human activity in a karst system; Chapter 9: Shedding light on dark places: Deposition of the dead in caves and cave-like features in Neolithic and Copper Age Iberia; Chapter 10: The Bronze Age use of caves in France: reinterpreting their functions and the spatial logic of their deposits through the chaîne opératoire concept

Chapter 11: Caves in Context: the late medieval Maltese scenarioChapter 12: Caves in need of context: prehistoric Sardinia; Chapter 13: Discovery and exploratory research of prehistoric sites in caves and rockshelters in the Barbagia di Seulo, South-Central Sardinia; Chapter 14: Notes from the underground: caves and people in the Mesolithic and Neolithic Karst; Chapter 15: Cave Burials in Prehistoric Central Europe; Chapter 16: Late Caucasian Neanderthals of Barakaevskaya cave: chronology, palaeoecology and palaeoeconomy

Chapter 17: Interstratifi cation in layers of unit III at Skalisty rockshelter and the origin of the Crimean fi nal Palaeolithic

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-84217-947-0

OCLC:

829461115