Round Barrows and Dykes as Landscape Metaphors

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ID6044447
AutoresChristopher Tilley (University College London, autor correspondente)
Ano2004
Volume14
Fascículo2
Páginas185-203
Data de publicação2004-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCambridge Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0959-7743 • E-ISSN: 1474-0540
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0959774304000125
OpenAlexW2151466299
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas2

This article outlines the results of phenomenological research on the significance of landscape features, in particular ridges and coombe (dry valley) systems, in relation to the locations of Bronze Age round barrows and late Bronze Age/early Iron Age crossridge and spur dykes constructed along a chalk ridge in central southern England. It considers the locations of these monuments in a holistic manner and argues that together the round barrows, and then subsequently the dykes, network or draw together very different aspects of the topography in narratives about life and death. The round barrows differentially reference the significance of these places metaphorically through a combination of their specific locations. By contrast, the monumental courses of the dykes physically impose themselves on, or objectify the significance of, the same landscape features, but in a radically different manner indicating both continuity and difference in the historical significance of place

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze Age · Literature · Narrative · Ridge · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Geology · Paleontology