A monumental catastrophe: investigating the collapsed dolmens at Garn Turne, south-west Wales

Vicki Cummings, Colin Richards

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Abstract

So far we have argued that dolmens as the first composite megalithic architecture in the early Neolithic of north-western and northern Europe were both qualitatively and quantitatively different from anything that had gone before and were therefore extraordinary monumental edifices of display. To demonstrate this we have in each of the previous chapters ‘excavated’ dolmens in a different way and slowly – layer by layer – exposed their extraordinary qualities and unique characteristics. Composed of boulders and quarried stones removed from their post-glacial or periglacial contexts, the material components of dolmen architecture were first differentiated and subsequently transformed through the...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMonuments in the Making
Subtitle of host publicationRaising the Great Dolmens in Early Neolithic Northern Europe
PublisherOxbow Books
Pages179-220
Number of pages42
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-911188-46-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Aug 2021

Publication series

NameMonuments in the Making

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