The Megaliths Of Northern Europe

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List of illustrations	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Preface	p. xiii
Cultural and ceremonial background to the north European megaliths	p. 1
The TRB culture	p. 1
Before the stones	p. 11
Megaliths in thought and space	p. 23
Preliminary theoretical considerations	p. 23
Distribution and location of megaliths in the landscape	p. 28
To build a megalith	p. 43
General considerations	p. 43
The dolmens	p. 56
Passage graves	p. 73
Principles of chamber construction	p. 82
Conclusions	p. 107
Body and soul	p. 108
Burial within megaliths - general considerations	p. 108
Grave goods in dolmens and passage graves	p. 134
Dressing and adorning the dead	p. 143
Interpretation of burials	p. 145
Votive deposits in front of megalithic tombs	p. 148
Architects of stone and symbols	p. 155
Symbolic use of raw materials	p. 155
Concepts of duality in the megaliths	p. 161
Megaliths and the wider north European ceremonial landscape	p. 167
The wider European megalithic context	p. 178
Megaliths in north-western Europe	p. 178
Conclusions	p. 193
Bibliography	p. 201
Index	p. 218
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