Pre and Protohistoric Stone Architectures: Comparisons of the Social and Technical Contexts Associated to Their Building

Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France) Volume 1, Session XXXII-3

Edited by Florian Cousseau Edited by Luc Laporte

Book cover: Pre and Protohistoric Stone Architectures: Comparisons of the Social and Technical Contexts Associated to Their Building

Extent: 206 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: European Prehistory, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Proceedings of the UISPP World Congress

Language: English

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(May 2020)

ISBN: 9781789695458

8.07 x 11.42 inches

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Proceedings, with full text in English and French, from session XXXII-3 of the XVIII UISPP World Congress, Paris, 2018: Pre and protohistoric stone architectures: comparisons of the social and technical contexts associated to their building. The volume aims to break the usual limits on the fields of study and to deconstruct some prec


Pre and Protohistoric Stone Architectures: Comparisons of the Social and Technical Contexts Associated to Their Building presents the papers from Session XXXII-3 of the XVIII UISPP Congress (Paris, 4-9 June 2018). This session took place within the commission concerned with the European Neolithic. While most of the presentations fell within that chronological period and were concerned with the Atlantic coast and the Mediterranean basin, wider geographical and chronological comparisons were also included. This volume aims to break the usual limits on the fields of study and to deconstruct some preconceived ideas. New methods developed over the past ten years bring out new possibilities regarding the study of such monuments, and the conference proceedings open up unexpected and promising perspectives. This volume is a parallel text edition in English and French.

Preface - Catherine Perles Prefacio - Primitiva Bueno-Ramirez Chapter 1: Stonemasons, and even engineers, for megalithic building in Neolithic Europe? / Des macons, voire quelques ingenieurs, pour le bati megalithique du Neolithique europeen ? - Luc Laporte, Florian Cousseau, Philippe Gouezin, Jose-Antonio Linares-Catela and Helene Pioffet Part I: Big and Small Stones for megaliths Chapter 2: Dry stone, old but innovative / Pierre seche, ancestrale et innovante - Eric Vincens, Nathanael Savalle and Claire Cornu Chapter 3: Megalithic architectures: a methodological experience to study their elevation / Architectures megalithiques : une experience methodologique pour etudier leurs elevations - Florian Cousseau Chapter 4: Raised stones in the open and raised stones in burial chambers: Towards a convergence of the arrangements. The example of the megaliths in the department of Morbihan / Pierres dressees a l'air libre et pierres dressees des espaces sepulcraux Vers une convergence des dispositifs. L'exemple des megalithes du departement du Morbihan - Philippe Gouezin Chapter 5: Techniques and criteria for the geometric documentation of the excavation of the dolmen 'Alto de la Huesera' (Alava, Spain) and its virtual reconstruction / Tecnicas y criterios para la documentacion geometrica de la excavacion del dolmen Alto de la Huesera (Alava, Espana) y su reconstruccion virtual- Javier Fernandez-Eraso, Jose A. Mujika-Alustiza, Jose M. Valle-Melon and Alvaro Rodriguez-Miranda Chapter 6: Where were the dead buried in Recent Prehistory? The problem of architectures versus chronologies in Central Alentejo (Portugal) / Onde se enterravam os nossos mortos na Pre-historia Recente? : O problema das arquiteturas versus cronologias no Alentejo Central (Portugal) - Leonor Rocha Part II: Enclosures, Tower-tombs and 'Temples' Chapter 7: The tower-tombs of Arabia from the 4th to the 3rd millennium BC: a standardised megalithic architecture for egalitarian societies? / Les tombes tours d'Arabie du 4eme au 3eme millenaire av. J.-C. : une architecture megalithique standardisee pour des societes egalitaires ? - Tara Steimer-Herbet and Marie Besse Chapter 8: 'Temples' or merely Buildings for Congregation? The prehistoric megalithic structures of Malta (3600-2500 BCE) / "Templi" o semplicemente edifici per la congregazione? Le strutture megalitiche preistoriche di Malta (3600-2500 a.C.) - Anthony Bonanno Chapter 9: Stone architectures: entrances of Neolithic enclosures in Western France (5th-3rd millennium BC) / Architectures en pierre : les systemes d'entrees des enceintes neolithiques de l'ouest de la France (Ve-IIIe mill. av. J.-C.) - Jean-Noel Guyodo, Audrey Blanchard and Luc Laporte Chapter 10: Architectural study of an Iron Age rampart undergoing destruction: Guennoc Island, Landeda (Finistere, France) / Etude de l'architecture d'un rempart de l'age du Fer en cours de destruction : l'Ile Guennoc a Landeda (Finistere, France) - Herve Duval, Florian Cousseau, Chloe Martin and Marie-Yvane Daire Conclusion - Florian Cousseau and Luc Laporte Abstracts Bibliography Authors, Préface – Catherine PerlèsPrimitiva Bueno-RamírezLuc Laporte, Florian Cousseau, Philippe Gouézin, José-Antonio Linares-Catela and Hélène Pioffet Part I: Big and Small Stones for megalithsEric Vincens, Nathanaël Savalle and Claire CornuFlorian CousseauPhilippe GouézinJavier Fernández-Eraso, José A. Mujika-Alustiza, José M. Valle-Melón and Álvaro Rodríguez-MirandaLeonor Rocha Part II: Enclosures, Tower-tombs and ‘Temples’Tara Steimer-Herbet and Marie BesseAnthony BonannoJean-Noël Guyodo, Audrey Blanchard and Luc LaporteHervé Duval, Florian Cousseau, Chloë Martin and Marie-Yvane DaireFlorian Cousseau and Luc Laporte Abstracts ;

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