The Megaliths of Northern Europe 1st Edition by Magdalena Midgley ISBN 020369855X 9780415351805

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ISBN 10:  020369855X 
ISBN 13: 9780415351805
Author: Magdalena Midgley

The North European megaliths are among the most enduring structures built in prehistory; they are imbued with symbolic meanings which embody physical and conceptual ideas about the nature of the world inhabited by the first Northern farmers. The Megaliths of Northern Europe provides a much needed up-to-date synthesis of the material available on these monuments, incorporating the results of recent research in Holland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. This research has brought to light new data on the construction of the megaliths and their role in the cultural landscape, and Magdalena Midgley offers a fascinating interpretation of the symbolism of megalithic tombs within the context of early farming communities. This wealth of new evidence suggests the Northern European megaliths were important foci in the wider north-west European context. The construction of dolmens and passage graves, using huge glacial boulders, demanded both great communal effort and considerable skill. In addition to this technical expertise the master builders also made use of their esoteric knowledge of rituals. This was expressed in the use of exotic building materials and special architectural features, and in the placement of tombs within the natural and cultural landscapes, creating new metaphors and images. Fully illustrated, this book will be of interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of European Prehistory, Archaeology and Prehistoric Anthropology, as well as architects who study ancient architecture and social anthropologists who study modern megaliths.

The Megaliths of Northern Europe 1st Table of contents:

1 CULTURAL AND CEREMONIAL BACKGROUND TO THE NORTH EUROPEAN MEGALITHS
The TRB culture
The chronology of the TRB culture
TRB settlement and land use
Material culture
The demise of the TRB culture
Summary
Before the stones
Long mounds in their natural landscape
Construction of the long barrows
Activities around the barrows
Graves and burials
Summary
2 MEGALITHS IN THOUGHT AND SPACE
Preliminary theoretical considerations
Distribution and location of megaliths in the landscape
Location in the landscape
Megaliths and agriculture
3 TO BUILD A MEGALITH
General considerations
Building materials
Packing materials outside chambers and mounds
Stone kerb settings
The dolmens
Passage graves
Regional variants
Principles of chamber construction
Orthostats
Dry-stone walling
Packing materials outside the chambers
Placement of the capstones
Passages
Floor constructions: materials and arrangements
Conclusions
4 BODY AND SOUL
Burial within megaliths – general considerations
Preservation of human remains
Human remains in the north European dolmens
Human remains in the north European passage graves
Grave goods in dolmens and passage graves
Dressing and adorning the dead
Interpretation of burials
Votive deposits in front of megalithic tombs
5 ARCHITECTS OF STONE AND SYMBOLS
Symbolic use of raw materials
Concepts of duality in the megaliths
Megaliths and the wider north European ceremonial landscape
Megaliths and cult houses
Places with votive offerings
Causewayed enclosures
Summary
6 THE WIDER EUROPEAN MEGALITHIC CONTEXT
Megaliths in north-western Europe
Conclusions

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