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Cambridge Archaeol J 16 (2)
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Cambridge Archaeol J 16 (2)
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Cambridge Archaeological Journal
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16 (2)
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John Robb
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Cambridge University Press
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2006
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03 Nov 2006
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Abstract
The Neanderthals: a social synthesis
Robert Davies
Simon Underdown
145 - 164
The article reviews the background to the many theories on the Neanderthals. It examines the current lines of thought about Neanderthals and explores the validity of the conclusions. The ultimate aim is the construction of a social synthesis, a solid foundation upon which the validity of inferences regarding Neanderthal cognitive ability and behavioural complexity may be examined.
The `solarization' of the moon: manipulated knowledge at Stonehenge
Lionel Sims
191 - 207
Recent archaeological research views the northwest European Neolithic and Early Bronze Age as a period of separation from a resilient complex of traditions of Mesolithic and even Palaeolithic origin. Extending this insight to recent findings in archaeoastronomy, the article treats the sarsen monument at Stonehenge as one among a number of monuments with lunar--solar alignments which privileged night over day, winter over summer, dark moon over full. It is proposed that the aim of the monument builders was to juxtapose, replicate and reverse certain key horizon properties of the sun and the moon, apparently with the intention of investing the sun with the moon's former religious significance. The author argues that this model is consistent with both current archaeological interpretations of burial practices associated with the monument, and with recent anthropological modelling of hunter-gatherer cultural origins.
Shrine franchising and the Neolithic in the British Isles: some observations based upon the Tallensi, Norther...
Timothy Insoll
223 - 238
Ethnography of the Tallensi shows how rights of access to shrines could be granted to people in other places and how beneficiaries may take with them samples of stone used at the mother shrine. Reasons for taking the samples are considered. It is suggested that Tallensi practice offers an analogy for selection and transfer of stone in the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland.
Beyond skin: layering and networking in art and archaeology
Carl Knappett
239 - 251
The article puts forward two modes through which cognition and agency exist beyond skin: `layering' and `networking'. These bodily and artefactual processes are broadly equivalent to two fundamental social practices defined by Chapman (2000) -- accumulation and enchainment, respectively. While the aim of the article is to develop theoretical frameworks for application in archaeological settings, the themes encountered have wider relevance to material culture as a whole. Examples are taken from modern and contemporary art, notably the work of Marcel Duchamp and Antony Gormley.