Monuments on the horizon The formation of the barrow landscape throughout the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC

• Main Author: Bourgeois, Quentin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden Sidestone Press 2013
• Subjects: Prehistoric archaeology; archaeology; prehistory; barrows; corded ware; bell beaker; neolithic; bronze age
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Barrows, as burial markers, are ubiquitous throughout North-Western Europe. In some regions dense concentrations of monuments form peculiar configurations such as long alignments while in others they are spread out extensively, dotting vast areas with hundreds of mounds. These vast barrow landscapes...