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'The text speaks for itself. It is a vivid, scholarly and sensitive view.' - The Archaeologist
'As a specialist, I found Ancestral Geographies unusually enjoyable as well as stimulating, and I think it will work well for other kinds of readers at different stages and with different interests. For a sense of how life might have been both in daily spheres and at unusual monuments in the Early Neolithic, this is a brilliant introduction.' - Landscape History
'This is a wonderful book, beautifully written, and elegant summary of Edmonds' own views and of the conclusions of an exciting new generation of British prehistorians.' - Ian Hodder, Cambridge Archaeological Journal
The causewayed enclosures of the neolithic era were the first
monumental structures in the British Isles. But the uses to which
these vast concentric rings of raised walkways were put remains
confused. Archaeological evidence suggests that these sites had
many different, and often contradictory functions, and there may
have been other uses for which no evidence survives. How can
archaeologists present an effective interpretation, with the
consciousness that both their own subjectivity, and the variety of
conflicting views will determine their approach. Because these
sites have become a focus for so much controversy, the problem of
presenting them to the public assumes a critical importance. The
authors raise central issues which occur in all archaeological
interpretation, especially in sites that have been put to a variety
of uses over time. The authors have not tried to provide a
comprehensive review of the archaeology of all these causewayed
sites in Britain, but rather to use them as case studies in the
development of an arcaheological interpretation. These techniques
and approaches can be applied to sites of many periods.
This book represents an innovative experiment in presenting the
results of a large-scale, multidisciplinary archaeological project.
The well-known authors and their team examined the Neolithic and
Bronze Age landscapes on Bodmin Moor of Southwest England,
especially the site of Leskernick. The result is a multivocal,
multidisciplinary telling of the stories of Bodmin Moor-both
ancient and modern-using a large number of literary genres and
academic disciplines. Dialogue, storytelling, poetry, photo essays
and museum exhibits all appear in the volume, along with
contributions from archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists,
geologists, and ecologists. The result is a major synthesis of the
Bronze Age settlements and ritual sites of the Moor, contextualized
within the Bronze Ages of southwestern and central Britain, and a
tracing of the changing meaning of this landscape over the past
five thousand years. Of obvious interest to those in British
prehistory, this is a substantial presentation of a groundbreaking
project that will also be of interest to many concerned with the
interpretation of social landscapes and the public presentation of
archaeology.
This book represents an innovative experiment in presenting the
results of a large-scale, multidisciplinary archaeological project.
The well-known authors and their team examined the Neolithic and
Bronze Age landscapes on Bodmin Moor of Southwest England,
especially the site of Leskernick. The result is a multivocal,
multidisciplinary telling of the stories of Bodmin Moor-both
ancient and modern-using a large number of literary genres and
academic disciplines. Dialogue, storytelling, poetry, photo essays
and museum exhibits all appear in the volume, along with
contributions from archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists,
geologists, and ecologists. The result is a major synthesis of the
Bronze Age settlements and ritual sites of the Moor, contextualized
within the Bronze Ages of southwestern and central Britain, and a
tracing of the changing meaning of this landscape over the past
five thousand years. Of obvious interest to those in British
prehistory, this is a substantial presentation of a groundbreaking
project that will also be of interest to many concerned with the
interpretation of social landscapes and the public presentation of
archaeology.
Landscapes are not just backdrops to human action; people make them
and are made by them. How people understand and engage with their
material world depends upon particularities of time and place.
These understandings are dynamic, variable, contradictory and
open-ended. Landscapes are thus always evolving and are often
volatile and contested. They are also always on the move - people
may or may not be rooted, but they have 'legs'. From prehistoric
times onwards people have travelled, but the process of
people-on-the-move - as tourists, or on global business, as migrant
workers or political or economic refugees - has vastly accelerated.
How and why do people who share the same landscape have different
and often violently opposed ways of understanding its significance?
How do people-on-the-move make sense of the unfamiliar? How do they
create a sense of place? How do they rework the memories of places
left behind? There is nothing easeful about the landscapes
discussed in this book, which are often harsh-edged and troubled
both socially and politically. The contributors tackle contested
notions of landscape to explain the key role it plays in creating
identity and shaping human behaviour.
This landmark study offers an important contribution towards an
understanding of the complexity of landscape.
The term 'landscape' was coined in an emergent capitalist world to
evoke a particular set of elite experiences - a particular 'way of
seeing'. But other people also have landscapes. The authors of this
book are Geographers, Anthropologists and Archaeologists, and they
explore landscape as something subjective, something experienced,
something that alters through time and space, that is created by,
and creative of, historical conditions and geographical
emplacement. The articles range in time from 6000 BC to the
present, and in space from Alaska and Melanesia to Belfast and
Berlin. They show how the cultural and political analysis of
landscape cuts across many disciplinary boundaries and how
perceptions of the land and its history are created, negotiated and
contested.
This book is an imaginative exploration of a place that has
fascinated, intrigued and perplexed visitors for centuries. Instead
of seeing Stonehenge as an isolated site, the author sets the
stones within a wider landscape and explores how use and meaning
have changed from prehistoric times right through to the present.
Throughout the millennia, the Stonehenge landscape has been used
and re-used, invested with new meanings, and has given rise to
myths and stories. The author creatively explores how the landscape
has been appropriated and contested, and invokes the debates and
experiences of people who have very different and often conflicting
experiences of the same place. Today, heritage managers,
archaeologists, local people, free festivallers, and druids come to
the place with entirely different understandings and agendas. The
book demonstrates that the creation of spaces and places for people
to express divergent viewpoints is powerfully constrained by social
and political forces that allow some voices to be heard while
others are marginalized. With dialogues and illustrations that
range from the conventional to the cartoon strip, this multi-vocal
book not only presents a wide range of views in an innovative way,
but provides important new insights on how people shape and are
shaped by landscape.
This book is an imaginative exploration of a place that has
fascinated, intrigued and perplexed visitors for centuries. Instead
of seeing Stonehenge as an isolated site, the author sets the
stones within a wider landscape and explores how use and meaning
have changed from prehistoric times right through to the present.
Throughout the millennia, the Stonehenge landscape has been used
and re-used, invested with new meanings, and has given rise to
myths and stories. The author creatively explores how the landscape
has been appropriated and contested, and invokes the debates and
experiences of people who have very different and often conflicting
experiences of the same place. Today, heritage managers,
archaeologists, local people, free festivallers, and druids come to
the place with entirely different understandings and agendas. The
book demonstrates that the creation of spaces and places for people
to express divergent viewpoints is powerfully constrained by social
and political forces that allow some voices to be heard while
others are marginalized. With dialogues and illustrations that
range from the conventional to the cartoon strip, this multi-vocal
book not only presents a wide range of views in an innovative way,
but provides important new insights on how people shape and are
shaped by landscape.
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The Cerne Giant (Paperback)
Timothy Darvill, Katherine Barker, Barbara Bender, Ronald Hutton
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R917
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Discovery Miles 8 410
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Prehistoric war-god, seventeenth century marvel, or living
monument? In 1996, a 'trial' was held in Cerne Abbas Village Hall
to discuss the origin of the Giant - prehistoric/Romano-British,
medieval/post-medieval, or significant for the very fact that he
exists, regardless of age. This is the book of the trial: after a
preliminary briefing, the witnesses for the three cases present
their evidence which ranges from detailed factual information about
the archaeology and history of the monument through to its folklore
and continuing role as the inspiration for all sorts of activity
from local poetry to national advertising. An epilogue contains the
jury's decision and an account of the trial's filming for regional
BBC programme.
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