Semiotics of Landscape: Archaeology of Mind

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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 Mountains ( 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 ).