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THE MEGALITHS OF
NORTHERN EUROPE
The north European megaliths are among the most enduring structures built in
prehistory; they are imbued with symbolic meanings which embody physical and
conceptual ideas about the nature of the world inhabited by the first northern
farmers.
The Megaliths of Northern Europe
provides a much needed up-to-date
synthesis of the material available on these monuments, incorporating the results
of recent research in Holland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. This research has
brought to light new data on the construction of the megaliths and their role in the
cultural landscape, and Magdalena Midgley offers a fascinating interpretation of
the symbolism of megalithic tombs within the context of early farming communi-
ties. This wealth of new evidence suggests the northern European megaliths were
important foci in the wider north-west European context.
The construction of dolmens and passage graves, using huge glacial boulders,
demanded both great communal effort and considerable skill. In addition to this
technical expertise the master builders also made use of their esoteric knowledge
of rituals. This was expressed in the use of exotic building materials and special
architectural features, and in the placement of tombs within the natural and cultural
landscapes, creating new metaphors and images.
Fully illustrated, this book will be of interest to both undergraduate and post-
graduate students of archaeology, prehistoric anthropology and European prehis-
tory, as well as architects who study ancient architecture and social anthropologists
who study modern megaliths.
Magdalena S. Midgley
is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of
Edinburgh. Her teaching and research interests are mainly in the European Neo-
lithic. They include early farming communities, monumentality, burial traditions
and ceremonial sites. She is also interested in antiquarianism, megalithic represen-
tations in art, archaeological theory and the history of archaeology as a discipline.
THE MEGALITHS OF
NORTHERN EUROPE
Magdalena S. Midgley
First published 2008 by Routledge
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© 2008 Magdalena S. Midgley
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ISBN 0-203-69855-X Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 10: 0–415–35180–4 (hbk)
ISBN 10: 0–203–69855–X (ebk)
ISBN 13: 978–0–415–35180–5 (hbk)
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