Places of Special Virtue
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Places of Special Virtue

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Places of Special Virtue

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This volume explores the landscape settings of megalithic chambered monuments in Wales. Set against a broader theoretical discussion on the significance of the landscape, the authors consider the role of visual landscapes in prehistory, meanings attached to the landscape, and the values and beliefs invested in it. Wales is rich in Neolithic monuments, but the general absence of certain classic monumental forms found in the rest of Britain and Ireland, such as causewayed enclosures, henges, and cursus monuments, seems to have marginalized the Welsh record from many wider discussions on the Neolithic. Instead of seeing Wales as an area which lacks many of these 'classic' components, Cummings and Whittle argue that Wales has its own unique and individual Neolithic which is simply different from the Neolithic found further to the east. It is suggested that this difference may relate to an essentially mobile existence, with strong links back to the Mesolithic period. The authors present three detailed case studies, examining the settings of sites in southwest, northwest and southeast Wales. They outline the history of research for each region, including the previous classification of the monuments and any excavations, and describe the specific landscape settings of the monuments. They assess the significance of a variety of landscape features which would have been visible from the monuments, in particular emphasizing the mythological and symbolic significance of the sea, rivers and mountains. An illustrated inventory of sites completes the volume.

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Publisher
Oxbow Books
Year
2017
ISBN
9781785705441
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Archaeology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Summaries
  8. List of Figures
  9. Chapter 1 The Neolithic in Wales: the context of diversity
  10. Chapter 2 Places, monuments and landscapes: ways of seeing
  11. Chapter 3 Methodology
  12. Chapter 4 The monuments of south-west Wales and their landscape settings
  13. Chapter 5 The monuments of north-west Wales and their landscape settings
  14. Chapter 6 The monuments of south-east Wales and their landscape settings
  15. Chapter 7 Stones that float to the sky: seeing place, myth and history
  16. Bibliography
  17. Inventory
  18. Plate section