Medienkombination, Englisch, Band 18, 1162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 300 mm
Proceedings of the international conference »Megaliths – Societies – Landscapes. Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation in Neolithic Europe« (16th–20th June 2015) in Kiel. Ed. by Müller, Johannes/ Hinz, Martin/ Wunderlich, Maria. 3 volumes
Medienkombination, Englisch, Band 18, 1162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 300 mm
Reihe: Frühe Monumentalität und soziale Differenzierung
ISBN: 978-3-7749-4213-4
Verlag: Habelt, R
These proceedings present the result of this conference, covering topics such as monuments made of stone, wood and earth, as well as interpretative aspects such as the importance of monumentality for landscape construction and the social significance of monumentality. They comprise of wide-ranging case studies with a continental scope that illustrate the manifold implications and manifestations of monumentality. They also demonstrate the need of holistic approaches and the integration of diverse data sets for the understanding of a phenomenon of such complexity. For a wider understanding of varying forms of monumentality, ethnoarchaeological studies on megaliths from different continents were integrated as well.
The conference proceedings show that the construction of monuments may have been driven by very different factors and was embedded in diverse contexts of social organisation, thus being a highly variable and transformative phenomenon.