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The Neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including Stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguities. Starting in the Mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the Late Bronze Age, Richard Bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoples.
The Significance of Monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years later. Part One discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric Europe. Other features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across Continental Europe are also examined. Part Two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studies.
The Significance of Monuments is an indispensable text for all students of European prehistory. It is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating period.
The Significance of Monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years later. Part One discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric Europe. Other features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across Continental Europe are also examined. Part Two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studies.
The Significance of Monuments is an indispensable text for all students of European prehistory. It is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating period.
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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I enjoyed this book very much and had difficulty putting it down.
Links were made between houses to live in and monuments, which threw light on the possible meaning and function of monuments. Evidence was drawn from archeological studies in the UK and Northern Europe spanning the period from the megalithic to the late neolithic.I would describe it as a scholarly book with a strong empirical approach. At the same time the implications drawn from the evidence are exciting so that it felt a bit like reading a detective story.
It is well written so that as a non archeologist I was able to follow it without difficutlty. At the same time it is an academic book with a lot to offer the established archeologist.
Links were made between houses to live in and monuments, which threw light on the possible meaning and function of monuments. Evidence was drawn from archeological studies in the UK and Northern Europe spanning the period from the megalithic to the late neolithic.I would describe it as a scholarly book with a strong empirical approach. At the same time the implications drawn from the evidence are exciting so that it felt a bit like reading a detective story.
It is well written so that as a non archeologist I was able to follow it without difficutlty. At the same time it is an academic book with a lot to offer the established archeologist.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book provides an excellent overview of prehistoric monuments and introduces certain key concepts which have changed the way we interpret them. It's not an 'easy' read though - very suitable for students studying archaeology at University.
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The significance of monuments
18 May 2005
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The author explores the 'human experience of time and place' from the Later Mesolithic Period through the transformations in the archaeological record that occur in many areas during the Bronze Age. His contention is people's involvement with monuments was central to the creation of new senses of time and place, and that this helped in the transition to new types of settlements and agriculture. Interesting ideas but to this reviewer the reasons the author gives that the "sacred place" gave rise to settlement and agricultural sites instead of the chronology occurring the other way around or simultaneously are in the end not completely convincing.
An interesting book short yet well written and full of illustrations.
Recommended
An interesting book short yet well written and full of illustrations.
Recommended
An intersting persepctive well argued
20 Nov 2008
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I borrowed this book from the library, along with many others by this prolific author. I soon knew that I would have to buy it, there is so much in the book I will want to return to.
Unlike another reviewer, I did find the argument convincing - that the social significance of the monuments enabled settling and agriculture. But this book offers much more - it gives a really comprehensive overview of the sequence of monuments from the Neolithic through the Bronze Age into the Iron Age. Bradley also places these monuments within their landscape.
There is a great deal to think about as a result of reading this book - Bradley is talking about people of the same species, intelligence and life needs as us. They built extraordinary monuments, but what fascinates me most is why. Bradley presents the changes over time as the lifestyle changed from hunter gatherer to large agricultural settlements. The fact that the change was the gradual process that Bradley presents, and that the monuments were a significant catalyst to that change, is intriguing.
Unlike another reviewer, I did find the argument convincing - that the social significance of the monuments enabled settling and agriculture. But this book offers much more - it gives a really comprehensive overview of the sequence of monuments from the Neolithic through the Bronze Age into the Iron Age. Bradley also places these monuments within their landscape.
There is a great deal to think about as a result of reading this book - Bradley is talking about people of the same species, intelligence and life needs as us. They built extraordinary monuments, but what fascinates me most is why. Bradley presents the changes over time as the lifestyle changed from hunter gatherer to large agricultural settlements. The fact that the change was the gradual process that Bradley presents, and that the monuments were a significant catalyst to that change, is intriguing.
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