The Harmony of Symbols

Three circuits of ditches comprise the Windmill Hill enclosure, which was re-examined in 1988 as part of wider research into the area's Neolithic sequence and environment, and the context in which monuments were built, used and abandoned. Detailed results are set out by category and theme, and abund...

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Glavni autor: Whittle, Alasdair
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description Three circuits of ditches comprise the Windmill Hill enclosure, which was re-examined in 1988 as part of wider research into the area's Neolithic sequence and environment, and the context in which monuments were built, used and abandoned. Detailed results are set out by category and theme, and abundant environmental evidence is presented covering soils, land snails, plant remains, charcoals, pollen, amphibian and small mammal remains. This volume advances many theories on the enclosure's symbolism: inclusion and exclusion, the relationship between culture and nature or between people and their surroundings. The authors suggest that the monument drew on the memory of the past and may itself have been a metaphor for time. Deposits reveal a wide range of use including subsistence, eating, drinking, perhaps feasting, alliance, exchange, death and expression of gender roles. The later history of the enclosure, in the later Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, is also considered.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-847532025-07-30T20:50:36Z The Harmony of Symbols Whittle, Alasdair Social Science Archaeology Three circuits of ditches comprise the Windmill Hill enclosure, which was re-examined in 1988 as part of wider research into the area's Neolithic sequence and environment, and the context in which monuments were built, used and abandoned. Detailed results are set out by category and theme, and abundant environmental evidence is presented covering soils, land snails, plant remains, charcoals, pollen, amphibian and small mammal remains. This volume advances many theories on the enclosure's symbolism: inclusion and exclusion, the relationship between culture and nature or between people and their surroundings. The authors suggest that the monument drew on the memory of the past and may itself have been a metaphor for time. Deposits reveal a wide range of use including subsistence, eating, drinking, perhaps feasting, alliance, exchange, death and expression of gender roles. The later history of the enclosure, in the later Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, is also considered. 2022-07-01T04:02:32Z 2022-07-01T04:02:32Z 2022-06-30T05:34:02Z 1999 book OCN: 606255635 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57159 9781789256482 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/84753 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57159/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57159/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57159/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57159/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/57159/1/external_content.pdf Oxbow Books Oxbow Books 53fda2f2-3fe6-4765-8758-df63da48bd65 Knowledge Unlatched 9781789256482 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Open Services Oxbow Books open access
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