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==== An Archaeology of Natural Places ==== | ==== An Archaeology of Natural Places ==== | ||
- | by Richard Bradley. | + | a book by Richard Bradley. |
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=== Locations of offerings: === | === Locations of offerings: === | ||
- | Sacrifice, rockart and quarries were undertaken on specifically chosen locations. Often these are remote or almost unreachable places. In fact material resources close at hand were often ignored; materials from distant or hard to reach places were favored. Sacrificial hoards were in different locations for **men and women**, **tools and weapons** (land and water respectively) and for certain groups, especially shepherds, smiths and ' | + | Sacrifice, rockart and quarries were undertaken on specifically chosen locations. Often these are remote or almost unreachable places. In fact material resources close at hand were often ignored; materials from distant or hard to reach places were favored. Sacrificial hoards were in different locations for **men and women**, **tools and weapons** (land and water respectively) and for certain groups, especially shepherds, smiths and ' |
=== Economy: === | === Economy: === | ||
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=== Locations of images: === | === Locations of images: === | ||
- | Rockart could also differ for certain groups; naturalistic images are found in public settings, abstract art is found in remote places. | + | Rockart could also differ for certain groups; naturalistic images are found in public settings, abstract art is found in remote places. |
=== Monuments as reenacment spaces: === | === Monuments as reenacment spaces: === | ||
- | In some cases monuments would be organized so participants in ceremonies would need to move around these spaces in a prescribed order, or as ways to experience the way the world was made or **reenact creation myths**. Spaces were created to form something like a model of the universe, through which a path was taken and specific offerings or ' | + | In some cases monuments would be organized so participants in ceremonies would need to move around these spaces in a prescribed order; as a physical means to experience the way the world was made or **reenact creation myths**. Spaces were created to form something like a model of the universe, through which a path was taken and specific offerings or ' |
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