Choosing stones, remembering places: Geology and intention in the megalithic monuments of western europe

Soils Stones and Symbols: Cultural Perceptions of the Mineral World

Volumn 9781315066622, Issue , 2013, Pages 187-202

  Scarre, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315066622     Document Type: Chapter

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