Megasites in Prehistoric Europe : Where Strangers and Kinsfolk Met PDF
by Bisserka Gaydarska, John Chapman
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This is an Element about some of the largest sites known in prehistoric Europe - sites so vast that they often remain undiscussed for lack of the theoretical or methodological tools required for their understanding.
Here, the authors use a relational, comparative approach to identify not only what made megasites but also what made megasites so special and so large.
They have selected a sample of megasites in each major period of prehistory - Neolithic, Copper, Bronze and Iron Ages - with a detailed examination of a single representative megasite for each period.
The relational approach makes explicit comparisons between smaller, more 'normal' sites and the megasites using six criteria - scale, temporality, deposition / monumentality, formal open spaces, performance and congregational catchment.
The authors argue that many of the largest European prehistoric megasites were congregational places.
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/10/2022
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- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/10/2022
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- ISBN:9781009103107