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" The materiality of stone. Vol. 1, Explorations in landscape phenomenology "
Christopher Tilley with the assistance of Wayne Bennett.
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735242
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b555079
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Christopher Tilley with the assistance of Wayne Bennett.
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The materiality of stone. Vol. 1, Explorations in landscape phenomenology\ Christopher Tilley with the assistance of Wayne Bennett.
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Oxford ; New York: Berg, 2004
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(1 volume) : illustrations, maps
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1423747313
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: 1845205782
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: 9781423747314
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: 9781845205782
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Preliminaries; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 From Body to Place to Landscape A Phenomenological Perspective; 2 Sprouting Rhizomes and Giant Axes Experiencing Breton Menhirs; 3 From Honey to Ochre; 4 Frozen Waves and Anomalous Stones; 5 Conclusions The Past as Dreamwork; References; Index.
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With Wayne Bennett From the silky wax qualities of the surfaces of some quartz menhirs to the wood-grain textures of others, to the golden honeycombed limestones of Malta, to the icy frozen waves of the Cambrian sandstone of south-east Sweden, t his book investigates the sensuous material qualities of stone. Tactile sensations, sonorous qualities, colour, and visual impressions are all shown to play a vital part in our understanding of the power and significance of prehistoric monuments in r elation to their landscapes. In The Materiality of Stone, Christopher Tilley presents a radically ne.
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Architecture, Prehistoric.
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Landscape settlement patterns, Prehistoric.
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Megalithic monuments.
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GN790.C475 2004
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Christopher Y Tilley
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Wayne Bennett
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Explorations in landscape phenomenology
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