Pathways and Ceremonies: The Cursus Monuments of Britain and Ireland (Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers 4)
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Alistair Barclay (Author) Jan Harding (Author)
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A review of the most recent evidence from cursuses, and ideas on their interpretation, with contributions as follows: Introduction (J Harding and A Barclay) , the radiocarbon problem (A Barclay and A Bayliss) , symbolic territories (J Harding) , processions, memories and the Dorset cursus (R Johnston) , Dorchester on Thames - ritual complex or ritual landscape (R Loveday) , cattle, cursus monuments and the river ... the Upper Thames (A Barclay and G Hey) , the Cambridgeshire Ouse (T Malim) , Eastern England (J Last) , the Cleaven Dyke (A Barclay and G Maxwell) , the Holywood cursus, Dumfries (J Thomas et al) , cursus monuments in Scotland (K Brophy) , cursus monuments in Wales (A Gibson) , cursus-like monuments in Ireland (C Newman) , Passy-Rots and linear monuments in northern France (I Kinnes) . figs & pls
About the Author
Alistair Barclay current works as Principal Post-Excavation Manager for Cotswold Archaeology and has been involved in publication for nearly 30 years in which time he has contributed to more than a dozen monographs as co-author/editor, he has also written and edited numerous articles. He was co-editor of NSG 4: Pathways and Ceremonies: the cursus monuments of Britain and Ireland. Jan Harding is a senior lecturer in Prehistory at the University of Newcastle. He is a specialist in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain with over 50 publications to his name, including the book Henge Monuments of the British Isles.
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- Contributor: Alistair Barclay
- Imprint: Oxbow Books
- ISBN13: 9781900188425
- Number of Pages: 154
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Oxbow Books
- Release Date: 2017-05-31
- Series: Neolithic Studies Group Seminar Papers
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Alistair Barclay current works as Principal Post-Excavation Manager for Cotswold Archaeology and has been involved in publication for nearly 30 years in which time he has contributed to more than a dozen monographs as co-author/editor, he has also written and edited numerous articles. He was co-editor of NSG 4: Pathways and Ceremonies: the cursus monuments of Britain and Ireland. Jan Harding is a senior lecturer in Prehistory at the University of Newcastle. He is a specialist in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain with over 50 publications to his name, including the book Henge Monuments of the British Isles.
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