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Caves in Context - The Cultural Significance of Caves and Rockshelters in Europe (Hardcover)
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Caves in Context - The Cultural Significance of Caves and Rockshelters in Europe (Hardcover)
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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 variability in their human use, both secular and sacred. The
aim of this book is to explore the multiple significances of these
natural places in a range of chronological, spatial, and cultural
contexts across Europe. The volume demonstrates, through a
diversity of archaeological approaches and examples, that cave
studies, whist necessarily focussed, can also be of significance to
wider, contemporary, archaeological research agendas, particularly
when a contextual approach is adopted. The book is also of
relevance to other scholars working in the related fields of
speleology, earth sciences, landscape studies, and anthropology,
which together comprise the inter-disciplinary field of cave
studies.
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