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The Archaeology of Darkness

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Description for The Archaeology of Darkness Paperback. Editor(s): Dowd, Marion; Hensey, Robert. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HDL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Through time people have lived with darkness. Archaeology shows us that over the whole human journey people have sought out dark places, for burials, for votive deposition and sometimes for retreat or religious ritual away from the wider community. Thirteen papers explore Palaeolithic use of deep caves in Europe and the orientation of mortuary monuments in the Neolithic and Bronze Age. It examines how the senses are affected in caves and monuments that were used for ritual activities, from Bronze Age miners in Wales working in dangerous subterranean settings, to initiands in Italian caves, to a modern caver’s experience of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxbow Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785701917
SKU
V9781785701917
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About Robert (Ed) Hensey
Marion Dowd is Lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology at the Institute of Technology Sligo, Ireland. For two decades her research has focused on the human use of caves in Ireland, and specifically the role of caves in prehistoric ritual and religion. She has directed numerous archaeological excavations in Irish caves, and has lectured and published widely on the subject. Her first ... Read more

Reviews for The Archaeology of Darkness
This slim volume is an excellent addition to any library and is of interest to all concerned with archaeology.
Ulster Journal of Archaeology
We could all learn something from this book…
Current Archaeology
The volume draws together an impressive compendium of ways with which humans, both prehistoric and more recent, engage with darkness... I’d thoroughly recommend ... Read more

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