Kenneth Brophy

Reading Between the Lines

The Neolithic Cursus Monuments of Scotland

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reading Between the Lines explores the enigmatic but important monument of the Neolithic landscape, the cursus. The book moves beyond a simple morphological description to considers what we can say about these monuments in light of several decades of aerial reconnaissance and excavation in Scotland. Brophy explores the idiosyncrasies of each site that are often hidden by the blanket application of the term cursus. It is from these differences as well as the similarities that a nuanced account of cursus monuments emerges, allowing this important monument type to be better understood and placed alongside others in the Neolithic landscape.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781138913516
• ISBN-10: 1138913510
• Artikelnr.: 42601961

Autorenporträt

Kenny Brophy is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow and Joint co-ordinator of the Neolithic Studies Group.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: THE SITES AND THEIR CONTEXT
1. 'The weirdest type of field monument in the country'
2. How do you solve a problem like a cursus?
3. Bust and boom
4. Ditches and banks, pits and postholes
5. Cursus world
PART 2: THE EVIDENCE REVIEWED
1. Grand designs
2. Special places
3. Remaking the land
PART 3: INTERPRETATIONS
1. Rearranging trees
2. Tracing lines across the land
3. 'The start of a tale already concluded'
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References and further reading