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Megalithic monuments --- -Cyclopean remains --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Monuments --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Europe --- Antiquities. --- -Europe

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Hermeneutics of Megaliths offers provocative and unique insights into the cultural interpretation of megaliths. While megalithic culture has been the subject of detailed study for a number of years, this book introduces a new cultural mode of interpretation that will help in gaining a greater understanding of this extremely important epoch of human history.As this volume shows, the necessity behind the creation of megaliths is a result of the transition from natural selection to civilization. It also emphasizes the original purpose of megalithic constructions, such as dolmens, menhirs, cromlec

Megalithic monuments --- Cyclopean remains --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Monuments --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Social aspects.

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Megalithic monuments --- Monuments megalithiques --- Avebury (England) --- England --- Avebury (Angleterre) --- Angleterre --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- -Cyclopean remains --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Monuments --- Religion, Prehistoric --- -Antiquities --- -Avebury (England) --- Antiquités --- -Avebury (Wiltshire) --- Abury (England) --- Cyclopean remains --- Avebury (Wiltshire) --- Antiquities.

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"At the the heart of this study are the early Neolithic chambered tombs of the Irish Sea zone, defined as west Wales, the west coast of northern Britain, coastal south and western Scotland, the western isles and the Isle of Man, and the eastern coast of Ireland. In order to understand these monuments, there must be a broader consideration of their landscape settings. The landscape setting of the chambered tombs is considered in detail, both overall and through a number of specific case studies, incorporating a much wider area than has been previously considered. Cummings investigates the background against which the Neolithic began in the Irish Sea zone and what led to the adoption of Neolithic practices, such as the construction of monuments. Following on from this, she considers what the chambered tombs and landscape can add to our understanding of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition. This volume aims to incorporate landscape analysis into a broader understanding of the Neolithic sequence in this area and beyond. It will provide an introduction to the Mesolithic and Neolithic of the Irish Sea zone, as well as a summary of previous work on this subject. It also offers a starting point for future research and a better understanding of this area."--Back cover.

Neolithic period --- Megalithic monuments --- Cyclopean remains --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Monuments --- Religion, Prehistoric --- New Stone age --- Stone age --- Irish Sea --- Antiquities.

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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.

Neolithic period --- Megalithic monuments --- Cyclopean remains --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Monuments --- Religion, Prehistoric --- New Stone age --- Stone age --- Wales --- Antiquities.