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Monuments in the Making - Raising the Great Dolmens in Early Neolithic Northern Europe (Paperback)
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Monuments in the Making - Raising the Great Dolmens in Early Neolithic Northern Europe (Paperback)
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In this book we offer an exciting new perspective on a distinctive
form of megalithic monument that is found across most areas of
northern Europe. In order to achieve this we have abandoned
outmoded typological classifications and re-introduced the term
'dolmen' to embrace a range of sites that share a common form of
megalithic architecture: the elevation and display of a substantial
stone. By critically assessing the traditionally assigned role of
these monuments and their architecture as megalithic tombs, the
presence of the dead is reassessed and argued to form part of a
process generating vibrancy to the materiality of the dolmen. As
such this book argues that the megalithic architecture identified
as a dolmen is not a chambered tomb at all but instead is a
qualitatively different form of monument. We also provide an
entirely different conception of the utility of this extraordinary
megalithic architecture - one that seeks to emphasise its building
as articulating discourses of wonder as a broad social strategy. In
this respect it is important to remember that many of these
monuments were erected very early in the Neolithic and as a
consequence of new people entering new lands, or social
transformation. In short, dolmens are monumental constructions
employing experimental and emergent technologies to raise huge
stones, which, once built, enchant those who come within their
spaces. Our claim is that dolmens were megalithic installations of
affect, magical and extraordinary in construction and strategically
positioned to induce both drama and awe in their encounter.
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