Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe by Chris Scarre

Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe by Chris Scarre

Atlantic Europe is the zone par excellence of megalithic monuments, which encompass a wide range of earthen and stone constructions from inpressive stone circles to modest chambered tombs. A single basic concept lies behind this volume - that the intrinsic qualities encountered within the diverse landscapes pf Atlantic Europe both informed the settings chosen for the monuments and played a role in determining their form and visual appearance. Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe goes significantly beyond the limits of existing debate by inviting archaeologists from different countries with the Atlantic zone (including Britain, France, Ireland, Spain and Sweden) to examine the relationship between landscape features and prehistoric monuments in their specialist regions. By placing the issue within a broader regional and intellectual context, the authors illustrate the diversity of current archaeological ideas and approaches converging around this central theme.

Chris Scarre is deputy director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge and specialises in the prehistory of Europe and the Mediterranean.

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ISBN 13	9780415273145
ISBN 10	0415273145
Title	Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe
Author	Chris Scarre
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2002-04-18
Number of pages	226
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