Ancestral Heaths Reconstructing the Barrow Landscape in the Central and Southern Netherlands

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

Barrows, i.e. burial mounds, are amongst the most important of Europe's prehistoric monuments. Across the continent, barrows still figure as prominent elements in the landscape. Many of these mounds have been excavated, revealing much about what was buried inside these intriguing monuments. Sur...