Monuments as landscape
Creating the centre of the world in late Neolithic Orkney
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3918906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caspian Richards (0000-0002-3151-4915, University of Glasgow, corresponding author), Colin Richards |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 190-208 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1996.9980340 |
| OpenAlex | W2082974064 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 73 |
| References cited | 21 |
In Britain and Ireland there is a tendency for late Neolithic monuments to be clustered in groups and located at similar topographic positions. In this paper a group of spectacular monuments, including henges, passage graves and standing stones, in Orkney is examined. It is shown how the development of the monuments occurs and how they draw on the visual imagery of the natural world in their architectural representation. As each monument embodies a different role and purpose so its architecture and appearance vary. Through a sequence of construction a single area of Mainland, Orkney, becomes transformed as new 'landscapes' are created and manipulated. Ultimately, this particular place comes to embody the totality of the Neolithic Orcadian world and acts as an axis mundi for cosmological belief. Keywords: NeolithicOrkneylandscapearchitecturemonuments
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| Unique citing works | 73 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,43 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 73 |