A new project exploring the transition to farming (co-directed with Dr Rick Peterson UCLan)ģ. The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in NW England. Multiple research projects investigating the early Neolithic settlements and monuments of the Northern Isles (co-directed with Professor Jane Downes and Professor Colin Richards UHI)ģ. A research project investigating dolmens in Britain, Ireland, Denmark and Brittany (co-directed with Professor Colin Richards UHI)Ģ. Hunter-gatherer archaeology and anthropologyġ. The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in NW Europe The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in NW… Read more
The origins and development of monumentality in western Britain The Mesolithic and Neolithic of Britain and Ireland It is argued that ‘dolmens’ are a distinctive type of monument, where the key characteristic is the use of enormous capstones which were lifted up and displayed on… Read moreĪrchaeology, University of Central Lancashire The term dolmen is also used in relation to sites in. The most widely known dolmens are found in northwest Europe, notably in the region of Brittany, France southern Scandinavia Britain Ireland and the Low Countries. Dolmens are made of two or more upright stones with a single stone lying across them. This paper discusses a form of Neolithic monument found in Ireland and western Britain. dolmen, a type of stone monument found in a variety of places throughout the world. L’idée que ces monuments faisaient partie d’un « package » néolithique introduit en Grande-Bretagne vers l’an 4000 avant J.-C. Enfin, cet article suggère que la construction de dolmens puise ses origines en France, au sein de communautés jouissant d’une longue tradition dans la construction avec de grosses pierres. La construction de ces monuments pouvait faire acquérir ou perdre un important prestige social et cet article illustre en détail quelques exemples ayant clairement tourné à la catastrophe. Ces monuments n’étaient pas érigés pour créer une chambre mais pour exposer des pierres importantes et d’étonnantes prouesses techniques.
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Les « dolmens » seraient un type distinctif de monument, dont la caractéristique première serait l’utilisation d’énormes pierres de recouvrement soulevées et juchées sur des supports verticaux plus petits. The idea that these monuments were part of a Neolithic package introduced into Britain some time around 4000 BC is also challenged.Ĭet article traite d’une forme de monument néolithique découvert en Irlande et dans l'ouest de la Grande-Bretagne. Finally, this paper suggests that dolmen construction originated in France, amongst communities who had a long tradition of building with big stones. Considerable social prestige could be gained or lost through the construction of these monuments, and the paper details some examples which clearly ended in disaster. These monuments were not built in order to create a chamber area, but were displays of important stones and astonishing feats of engineering. It is argued that ‘dolmens’ are a distinctive type of monument, where the key characteristic is the use of enormous capstones which were lifted up and displayed on smaller upright supporters. This paper discusses a form of Neolithic monument found in Ireland and western Britain.