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The Evolution of Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscapes. From Danubian Longhouses to the Stone Rows of Dartmoor and Northern Scotland.
Alex Carnes
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Paperback. At the heart of this book is a comparative study of the stone rows of Dartmoor and northern Scotland, a rare, putatively Bronze Age megalithic typology that has mystified archaeologists for over a century. Num Pages: 174 pages, Illustrated throughout in black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; 1DBKSH; 3B; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 211 x 10. Weight in Grams: 598.
At the heart of this book is a comparative study of the stone rows of Dartmoor and northern Scotland, a rare, putatively Bronze Age megalithic typology that has mystified archaeologists for over a century. It is argued that these are ‘symbols’ of Neolithic long mounds, a circumstance that accounts for the interregional similarities; other aspects of their semantic structures are also analysed using rigorous semiotic theory. The research presented here takes an evolutionary approach, drawing on biological theory to explain the active role of these monuments in social evolution and to investigate the processes at work in the development of ... Read more
At the heart of this book is a comparative study of the stone rows of Dartmoor and northern Scotland, a rare, putatively Bronze Age megalithic typology that has mystified archaeologists for over a century. It is argued that these are ‘symbols’ of Neolithic long mounds, a circumstance that accounts for the interregional similarities; other aspects of their semantic structures are also analysed using rigorous semiotic theory. The research presented here takes an evolutionary approach, drawing on biological theory to explain the active role of these monuments in social evolution and to investigate the processes at work in the development of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Archaeopress United Kingdom
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
Number of Pages
174
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784910006
SKU
V9781784910006
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