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Places of Special Virtue

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Places of Special Virtue

By Vicki Cummings, Alasdair Whittle

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About the book

This volume explores the landscape settings of megalithic chambered monuments in Wales. Set against a broader theoretical discussion on the significance of the landscape, the authors consider the role of visual landscapes in prehistory, meanings attached to the landscape, and the values and beliefs invested in it. Wales is rich in Neolithic monuments, but the general absence of certain classic monumental forms found in the rest of Britain and Ireland, such as causewayed enclosures, henges, and c...Show more

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9781842171080

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Oxbow Books

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2016

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Places of Special Virtue

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