Reading Between the Lines: The Neolithic Cursus Monuments of Scotland

ISBN-13: 9780367873240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 280 str.

Kenneth Brophy

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Reading Between the Lines explores the enigmatic but important monument of the Neolithic landscape, the cursus. The book moves beyond a simple morphological description to considers what we can say about these monuments in light of several decades of aerial reconnaissance and excavation in Scotland. Brophy explores the idiosyncrasies of

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PART 1: THE SITES AND THEIR CONTEXT

1. ‘The weirdest type of field monument in the country’











2. How do you solve a problem like a cursus?











3. Bust and boom











4. Ditches and banks, pits and postholes











5. Cursus world

PART 2: THE EVIDENCE REVIEWED

1. Grand designs











2. Special places











3. Remaking the land

PART 3: INTERPRETATIONS

1. Rearranging trees











2. Tracing lines across the land











3. ‘The start of a tale already concluded’

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Kenny Brophy is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow and Joint co-ordinator of the Neolithic Studies Group.