The archaeology of darkness
"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 the Palaeolithic use...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxbow Books
2016.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35006778*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Past dark : a short introduction to the human relationship with darkness over time / Robert Hensey
- Darkness visible : shadows, art, and the ritual experience of caves in Upper Palaeolithic Europe / Paul B. Pettitt
- Between symbol and senses : the role of darkness in ritual in prehistoric Italy / Ruth D. Whitehouse
- Experiencing darkness and light in caves : later prehistoric examples from Seulo in central Sardinia / Robin Skeates
- The dark side of the sky : the orientations of earlier prehistoric monuments in Ireland and Britain / Richard Bradley
- In search of darkness : cave use in Late Bronze Age Ireland / Marion Dowd
- Digging into the darkness : the experience of copper mining in the Great Orme, North Wales / Sian James
- Between realms : entering the darkness of the Hare Paenga in ancient Rapa Nui (Easter Island) / Sue Hamilton and Colin Richards
- Dark places and supernatural light in early Ireland / John Carey
- Enfolded by the long winter's night / Charlotte Damm
- "The outer darkness of madness" : the Edwardian Winter Garden at Purdysburn Public Asylum for the insane / Gillian Allmond
- Descent into darkness / Tim O'Connell
- Coming in and out of the dark / Gabriel Cooney.
