Megasites in Prehistoric Europe (eBook)

Where Strangers and Kinsfolk Met

John Chapman, Bisserka Gaydarska (Autoren)

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2022
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-09066-7 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.10.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-009-09066-6 / 1009090666
• ISBN-13: 978-1-009-09066-7 / 9781009090667