Format:
1 Online-Ressource (380Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:
9789088907869
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9789088907876
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9789088907883
Series Statement:
Scales of transformation 5
Uniform Title:
Megalithische Monumente und Sozialstrukturen
Content:
Megalith building constitutes not only a past, but also a recent phenomenon, which is still practised today. The documentation and interpretation of recent megalith building traditions is offering potential aid in the interpretation of prehistoric monuments. Fieldwork in Sumba and Nagaland set up a frame to answer questions such as: Who is buried in the megalithic tombs and what kind of commemoration is connected to megalithic monuments? How are socioeconomic characteristics of the associated households and societies reflected in the megaliths? _Megalithic monuments and social structures_ includes various archaeological and ethnoarchaeological case studies on social implications of megalith building activities from a comparative perspective. The case studies presented include recent megalith building traditions in Sumba, Indonesia, Nagaland, North-East India, as well as Neolithic Funnel Beaker communities in today’s Northern Germany and Southern Sweden. This book presents a rich body of new data. By taking into account recent examples of megalithic construction, knowledge on important and influential ways of acting within societal contexts was expanded, whereby above all decentralised and communally-designed mechanisms are important. The case studies presented here clearly demonstrate the importance of cooperative and competitive structures and their effect on feasting activities and megalith building. Additionally, megalithic monuments represent a way of expressing and materialising economic inequality and social prestige. These mechanism and aspects also represent interpretations regarding Funnel Baker societies, which can supplement the existing ideas of megalithic construction in Neolithic Northern Europe
Note:
Titel der Original-Dissertation: Megalithische Monumente und Sozialstrukturen: vergleichende Studien zu rezenten und trichterbecherzeitlichen Gesellschaften
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Dissertation Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 2018
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English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wunderlich, Maria Megalithic monuments and social structures Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2019 ISBN 9088907870
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789088907876
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9088907862
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789088907869
Language:
English
Keywords:
Dänemark
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Schleswig-Holstein
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Neolithikum
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Trichterbecherkultur
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Megalithkultur
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Megalithgrab
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Ethnoarchäologie
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Vor- und Frühgeschichte
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Archäologie
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Hochschulschrift
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Wunderlich, Maria
