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Semiotics of Landscape: Archaeology of Mind (bar s)
Semiotics of Landscape Archaeology of Mind - bar s Author:George Nash A thought provoking collection of essays which take a cognitive approach to landscape, examining the phenomonology and symbolism of landscapes and monuments. The contributions are: Establishing a discourse: the language of landscape (George Children and George Nash); Monumentality and the landscape: long chambered tombs around the Black Mountain... more »s (George Nash); Places as timemarks- the social construction of prehistoric landscapes (John Chapman); Dancing in space: rock art of the Campo Lameiro Valley, Spain (George Nash); Towards a phenomonology of building: the Neolithic long mound at La Commune-Seche, Normandy (Trevor Kirk); From settlements to monuments: site succession in Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Jutland (I. J. N. Thorpe); Christian landscapes of pagan monuments-a radical constructivist perspective (Cornelius Holtorf); The materially-structured social enviroment of the Maltese islands (Andrew Townsend); Experiencing space and symmetry: the use, destruction and abandonment of La Hougue Bie Neolithic Passage Grave, Jersey (George Nash).« less