Henges and water: Towards an elemental understanding of monumentality and landscape in late Neolithic Britain

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-336

  Richards, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL IMAGE; HENGE MONUMENT; HISTORICAL THEORY; LANDSCAPE REPRESENTATION; NEOLITHIC; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER SYMBOLISM;

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EID: 0030428608     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135918359600100303     Document Type: Article

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