The Chalcolithic wedge tombs of Ireland represent a dramatic re-emergence of megalithism over a millennium after most Neolithic megaliths were built and many centuries after most had gone out of use. This resurgence of building monuments associated with the dead may well have been associated with a period of social instability caused by the expansion of exchange networks and associated with the introduction of metallurgy. Regional, group, and individual identities all seem to have undergone change at this time, probably in a dynamic demographic context. Variations in the distribution and scale of wedge tombs in Co. Clare, on the west coast of Ireland, provide an interesting study that may reveal a pattern of clan affiliations, status competition, and enduring links to an important and ancient locale.
Author(s): Kurt D. Springs (ed.)
Series: BAR British Archaeological Reports International Series 2709
Publisher: BAR Publishing
Year: 2015
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
List of Figures
AN INTRODUCTION TO LANDSCAPE AND IDENTITY
MONUMENTS, LANDSCAPE AND IDENTITY IN CHALCOLITHIC IRELAND
THE CONTIGUITY OF COURT TOMBS AND WEDGE TOMBS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CONTINUITY OF MEGALITHIC IDENTITY IN NORTHWEST IRELAND
SOCIAL ALTERITY AND THE LANDSCAPES OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES, 1200-1600
MONUMENTAL CIVIC ARCHITECTURE SIGNALS GROUP IDENTITY, AFFILIATION, AND EFFECTIVE COLLECTIVE ACTION: PROSPECTS FOR INVESTIGATION IN THE GREEK CITIES OF LATE HELLENISTIC AND EARLY ROMAN ASIA MINOR AS EXPLORED FOR ROMAN APHRODISIAS
THE TRANSFORMATION OF SACRED LANDSCAPES: APPROACHING THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CHRISTIANIZATION IN THE EASTERN ALPINE-ADRIATIC REGION DURING THE FIRST MILLENNIUM AD
GREENWASHED: IDENTITY AND LANDSCAPE AT THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS
MULTIVOCALITY IN A CONTROLLED LANDSCAPE: MEMORY AND HERITAGE AT THE GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
