Holy Ground: Theoretical Issues Relating to the Landscape and Material Culture of Ritual Space : Papers from a session held at the Theoretical Archaeology Group conference, Cardiff 1999 (British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International, 956)

edited by A.T. Smith, A. Brookes

ISBN 10: 1841712477 / ISBN 13: 9781841712475

Published by Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports, 2001

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97 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. This volume contains a selection of papers delivered at the Theoretical Archaeology Group conference held at Cardiff University in 1999. They derive from the session entitled 'The interpretation and Structure of Ritual Space', which was intended to provide a forum for new research concerning ritual landscapes and material culture. Of the 12 papers delivered at the conference session, 9 are published here, covering a broad chronological range from Neolithic ritual landscapes to medieval churches.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Holy Ground: Theoretical Issues Relating to the Landscape and Material Culture of Ritual Space : Papers from a session held at the Theoretical Archaeology Group conference, Cardiff 1999 (British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International, 956)
• Publisher: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841712477
• ISBN 13: 9781841712475
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

Ten papers, delivered at the annual Theoretical Archaeology Group conference held in Cardiff in 1999, examine the ritual landscapes of the Neolithic through to the late Middle Ages, with an emphasis on the prehistoric period. Subjects include: pilgrimage in Neolithic western Europe; prehistoric flint mines in southern England; Bronze Age funerary monuments; Kurgan mortuary practices in the Eurasian Iron Age; animal deposits at Danebury; the Newstead military complex; late medieval religious boundaries in England and France.

About the Author

A. T. Smith and A. Brookes