Harmony of Symbols (Cardiff Studies in Archaeology) - Hardcover

Grigson, Caroline; Pollard, Joshua; Whittle, Alasdair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1900188899 ISBN 13: 9781900188890

Publisher: Oxbow Books, 1999

Synopsis

Three circuits of ditches comprise the Windmill Hill enclosure, which was re-examined in 1988 as part of wider research into the area's Neolithic sequence and environment, and the context in which monuments were built, used and abandoned. Detailed results are set out by category and theme, and abundant environmental evidence is presented covering soils, land snails, plant remains, charcoals, pollen, amphibian and small mammal remains. This volume advances many theories on the enclosure's symbolism: inclusion and exclusion, the relationship between culture and nature or between people and their surroundings. The authors suggest that the monument drew on the memory of the past and may itself have been a metaphor for time. Deposits reveal a wide range of use including subsistence, eating, drinking, perhaps feasting, alliance, exchange, death and expression of gender roles. The later history of the enclosure, in the later Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, is also considered.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxbow Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1900188899
• ISBN 13: 9781900188890
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 404