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Title:
World Archaeol 30 (1)
Series:
World Archaeology
Volume:
30 (1)
Publication Type:
Journal
Year of Publication:
1998
Note:
Date Of Issue From: 1998
Source:
BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
Created Date:
20 Jan 2002
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Prehistoric histories
Chris Gosden
Gary Lock
2 - 12
A paper proposing that all prehistoric societies orientated their actions in the present with the past in mind. A distinction is drawn between genealogical histories and mythical histories, though the two are seen to coexist in all societies with implications for the manner in which continuities and change are handled. The insights that these ideas may provide are illustrated via a case-study from the LBA to RB periods on the Ridgeway in south Oxfordshire.
Ruined buildings, ruined stones: enclosures, tombs and natural places in the Neolithic of south-west England
Richard Bradley
13 - 22
The apparent consistent relationship between the forms taken by rock outcrops in south-west England and those of megalithic tombs, along with the incorporation of such outcrops into tomb and enclosure design, is examined. It is thought that the megalithic tomb building societies may have conceived of these rock outcrops as ancient tombs and incorporated them into newer structures as a source of social power.
Monuments and the past in early Anglo-Saxon England
Howard Williams
90 - 108
Recent research on both old and new excavation data from Anglo-Saxon burial sites reveals a widespread and frequent practice of reusing monuments of earlier periods. Both Roman and prehistoric structures provided the focus of cemeteries, burial groups and single graves between the late fifth and early sixth centuries AD. It is argued that this practice was central to the symbolism of Anglo-Saxon mortuary practices, and was important for the construction and negotiation of origin myths, identities and social structures.
A fear of the past: the place of the prehistoric burial mound in the ideology of middle and later Anglo-Saxon England
Sarah Semple
109 - 126
A paper concerning the apparently consistent tradition of AS secondary activity at BA burial mounds and Neo long barrows. This paper illustrates the distinctive place of the barrow in AS society and ideology via a discussion of archaeological, historical, literary, and linguistic sources relating to barrows and other types of prehistoric monuments.
Reflections on the making of a `royal site' in early Ireland
Conor Newman
127 - 141
This paper explores aspects of the tensions at play between archaeology and history in the analysis of `royal' sites in late prehistoric Ireland.
Picts and prehistory: cultural resource management in early medieval Scotland
Stephen T Driscoll
142 - 158
It is observed that prehistoric monuments are a conspicuous feature of royal centres in the early medieval Celtic world. This paper argues that this interest in the past represents conscious efforts to exploit the ancient monuments for political advantage in a period when new political structures were taking shape. This paper examines the situation in Scotland and considers some of the ideological issues raised by this active appropriation of the past.