THE HOUSES OF DEATH AS ANCESTRAL MONUMENTS. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NEOLITHIC LONG BARROWS IN EUROPE

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2022" target="_blank" >https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2022</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

THE HOUSES OF DEATH AS ANCESTRAL MONUMENTS. THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NEOLITHIC LONG BARROWS IN EUROPE

Original language description

The construction and use of long barrows connected vast areas of Central and Northwestern Europe during the late fifth, fourth, and third millennia BC. But the purpose and meaning of these great monuments remain issues for debate. They are commonly interpreted as funerary and religious sites, perhaps erected as part of a system of ances- tor cults. Their symbolism is closely connected with archetype Neolithic houses, representing crucial values of early farming communities in Europe. Sometimes they are viewed in economic or socio-political terms, as territorial markers delineating the areas controlled by different farming communities. In yet other perspectives they are perceived as landmarks of previous habitation; indicators of settlements or farming-friendly territories enduring for millennia after their construction. Indeed, all these interpretations may be valid and contribute dimensions to the original nature of the long barrows. In this session we want to address a wide range of issues, starting with regional and chronological variability, construction, and the functional and symbolic interpretations of the structures and their use. We would welcome papers on these matters and also on the spatial relationships of long barrows with other funerary sites, settlement areas, and, more widely, ceremonial landscapes. Contributors are invited to given attention to the dynamics and time-span of the monumental traditions represented, and consider ancestral cults, activities at and around the barrows, and the abandonment and reuse of individual monuments. We would also welcome discussion on the multidisciplinary methods of long barrow research, and issues connected to their conservation and public presentation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

O - Miscellaneous

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60102 - Archaeology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA21-25440S" target="_blank" >GA21-25440S: Eneolithic long barrows in Bohemia and reconstruction of the ritual landscape around the hill of Říp</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů