Reading Between the Lines: The Neolithic Cursus Monuments of Scotland - Couverture rigide

Brophy, Kenneth

 
9781138913516: Reading Between the Lines: The Neolithic Cursus Monuments of Scotland
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ISBN 10 : 1138913510 ISBN 13 : 9781138913516
Editeur : Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Reading Between the Lines: The Neolithic Cursus Monuments of Scotland is the first systematic analysis of Scotland's cursus monuments and is written by one of the foremost scholars of the Neolithic in Scotland. Drawing on fifteen years of experience of cropmark interpretation, as well as his involvement in several excavations of cursus monuments and contemporary sites, Kenneth Brophy uncovers some of the secrets of the Neolithic landscape.

While outlining the physical characteristics of the cursus, this book also addresses the limitations of this kind of typological description when applied to monuments which varied so remarkably in terms of materiality and size. Moving beyond a morphological account, Brophy considers what can be said of this diverse group of sites, and how they were actually built and used in prehistory, in light of several decades of aerial reconnaissance and excavation in Scotland. Through a close study of the differences, as well as the similarities, between these structures, this book offers a nuanced account of cursus monuments, finally allowing this important monument type to be better understood and placed alongside others of the period.

Offering exciting new ways of thinking about these enigmatic yet important monuments, Reading Between the Lines: The Neolithic Cursus Monuments of Scotland is an essential resource for students and specialists in British prehistory, providing an introduction to the Early Neolithic archaeology of lowland Scotland as well as a meditation on broader aspects of monumentality and architecture.

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À propos de l?auteur

Kenny Brophy is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow and Joint co-ordinator of the Neolithic Studies Group.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138913510
ISBN 13 
9781138913516
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
280
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10 :  0367873249 ISBN 13 :  9780367873240
Editeur : Routledge, 2019
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