Rendering Death - Ideological and archaeological speeches from recent prehistory (Iberia) - Proceedings of the conference held in Abrantes, Portugal, 11 May 2013 (Paperback)

This book offers a perspective on death and memory in recent Prehistory on the western Iberian Peninsula (Portugal, Spanish Extremadura and Andalusia). Within this territory the contributors to this volume record the variability of architectonic forms indicative of lengthy period changes in funerary contexts and transformations in the ideological-symbolic substrate of pre-writing communities. The Portuguese karstic region explored in this study lacks megalithic monuments despite the abundant raw material. The contributors attempt to answer questions such as whether this signifies a break with our understanding of 'Megalithism' as a result of identity ideologies. Other regions exhibit an expansion of Megalithism, often with exuberant forms, reflecting territorial expansion, while in others we encounter cists, pits and tumuli - all indicators of a new funerary order. The examples investigated in this collection of papers include - for the Neolithic: Oleiros, Castelo Branco, Alto Alentejo and Mondego; for the Neo-Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age: Tomar, Abrantes, Santarem; for the Bronze Age: Pampilhosa da Serra, Alcoutim, Abrantes, Santarem, Viseu, Vila Nova de Paiva, Castro Daire. Included in this study are the necropolis caves of Spanish Extremadura, representing as they do a chronological continuum from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age, and other related sites such as the Canaleja Gorge karstic complex and a range of other megalithic phenomena (menhirs, stelae, cromlechs, dolmens) in the southern Iberian Peninsula (Alentejo and Andalusia)."

General

Imprint:	Bar Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	British Archaeological Reports International Series
Release date:	July 2014
First published:	2014
Editors:	Ana Cruz
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	148
ISBN-13:	978-1-4073-1287-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General
LSN:	1-4073-1287-1
Barcode:	9781407312873

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