An Archaeology of Natural PlacesThis volume explores why natural places such as caves, mountains, springs and rivers assumed a sacred character in European prehistory, and how the evidence for this can be analysed in the field. It shows how established research on votive deposits, rock art and production sites can contribute to a more imaginative approach to the prehistoric landscape, and can even shed light on the origins of monumental architecture. The discussion is illustrated through a wide range of European examples, and three extended case studies. An Archaeology of Natural Places extends the range of landscape studies and makes the results of modern research accessible to a wider audience, including students and academics, field archaeologists, and those working in heritage management. |
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altar animals antlers archaeology of natural areas artefacts Arthur Evans associated bogs Bohuslän bones Bradley burial cairns caves Chapter Crete cup marks decorated depicted different kinds distinctive distribution ditches domestic drawings of ships Early Bronze Age emphasised enclosure Europe evidence example excavated extended Figure finds Flag Fen flint Grooved Ware groups henge hill hill forts hoards human images important interpretation Iron Age islands kinds of material landscape landscape archaeology large number locations megalithic tombs Mesolithic metal metalwork monuments motifs mounds mountain natural places Neolithic Neolithic period northern offerings original ornaments outcrops particular Pausanias peak sanctuaries pottery prehistoric production sites raw material recognised reindeer relationship remains ritual rivers rock art rock carvings role Saami sacred sacrifices sacrificial sites Scandinavia schematic art seems sequence settlement shamanic similar skulls specialised stone axes Stonehenge suggests surface Tilley timber circle Ukonsaari votive deposits weapons whilst wider Woodhenge