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Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe Signing the Land
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Along the Atlantic seaboard, from Scotland to Spain, are numerous rock carvings made four to five thousand years ago, whose interpretation poses a major challenge to the archaeologist. In the first full-length treatment of the subject, based largely on new fieldwork, Richard Bradley argues that these carvings should be interpreted as a series of symbolic messages that are shared between... Read more
List of figures, List of tables, List of plates, Preface and acknowledgements, PART I: TERMS OF REFERENCE, PART II: ROCK ART AND THE LANDSCAPE OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND, PART III: ROCK ART AND THE LANDSCAPE OF ATLANTIC EUROPE, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Richard Bradley is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading. He is the author of many works on prehistoric archaeology, including The Social Foundations of Prehistoric Britain, Altering the Earth and co-author of Landscape, Monuments and Society.
'Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe is essential reading for those with the remotest interest in this most enigmatic area of prehistory, and comes very highly recommended.' - 3rd Stone
