The Megalithic Architectures of Europe by Luc Laporte Chris Scarre (ed)

Author:Luc Laporte, Chris Scarre (ed)
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ARCHITECTURE / General
ISBN: 4542920
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2015-12-31T05:00:00+00:00

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Several communities existed in this area with very long established cultural identities, who built megaliths using very distinct traditional techniques, presumably dating from the Neolithic period.

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Megalithic enclosures can be recorded that define specific megalithic landscapes. We have highlighted the example of the Los Llanetes group, where the complex of elements (the topography, the raw materials, the ravine, the settlement and the megalithic architecture) portray a ritual scenario. This must be understood as a sacred space, created for various purposes (as a funerary site, for worship, for astronomical observation, etc.). It was in use for millennia, although the 3rd millennium BC was the era when the greatest monumentalisation occurred, as witnessed by the construction of the megalithic enclosure and by tombs 3 and 4. Thus it may have acted as a cohesive central place for a number of settlements, a place where collective burial rituals related to death and belief systems were developed. These may have included the burials of certain individuals together with commemorative ceremonies, practices of ancestor worship and other rites. Construction and maintenance of this enclosure must have entailed community participation by the inhabitants of the surrounding settlements. This required knowledgeable individuals to transmit the construction traditions and techniques, as well as information regarding their ancestral and genealogical significance.

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