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This volume explores why natural places such as caves, mountains, springs and rivers assumed a sacred character in European prehistory, and how the evidence for this can be analysed in the field. It shows how established research on votive deposits, rock art and production sites can contribute to a more imaginative approach to the prehistoric landscape, and can even shed light on the origins of monumental architecture. The discussion is illustrated through a wide range of European examples, and three extended case studies.
An Archaeology of Natural Places extends the range of landscape studies and makes the results of modern research accessible to a wider audience, including students and academics, field archaeologists, and those working in heritage management.

This work extends the range of landscape studies and makes the results of modern research accessible to a wider audience, including students and academics, field archaeologists, and those working in heritage management.

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CONTENTS

List of illustration = ⅸ

Preface = xi

PART 1 Introductions = 1

 1 In the cave of thunder: sacred places in a northern landscape = 3

 2 Overworlds and underworlds: sacred places in a Classical landscape = 18

 3 Nature study: the archaeological potential of unaltered places = 33

PART 2 Explorations = 45

 4 Presenting arms: the locations of votive deposits in prehistoric Europe = 47

 5 Seeing through stone: rock art research as landscape archaeology = 64

 6 The movement of mountains: production sites and the archaeology of places = 81

 7 The origin of spaces: monuments and the natural topography = 97

PART 3 Interpretations = 115

 8 The history of the world: a case study from Neolithic Britain = 117

 9 Walking on water: a case study from Bronze Age Scandinavia = 132

 10 A long-playing record: the significance of natural places in later prehistoric Europe = 147

Bibliography = 162

Index = 174