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- Title
Exploring identity and place: an analysis of the provenance of passage grave stones on Guernsey and Jersey in the Middle Neolithic.
- Authors
Bukach, D.
- Abstract
This study examines the provenance of rock types used in the construction of Middle Neolithic passage grave stones on the islands of Guernsey and Jersey, focusing on the social dimensions of stone selection. The use of stones in passage grave construction includes both local and non–local rock types, which at some sites are organized in distinctive patterns. It is argued that the choice of stones was bound by concepts of identity, and that the communities which gathered to build these monuments may have used specific rock types to represent their community and their local mythologies. The relationship between identity and stone selection is supported both by analogy and by research into the role of landmarks in the development of local landscapes and ideology. The success of megalith provenance studies on Guernsey and Jersey suggests considerable potential for future research in other geologically diverse regions.
- Subjects
GUERNSEY (Channel Islands); JERSEY (Channel Islands); CHANNEL Islands; PROVENANCE of art; PASSAGE Graves culture
- Publication
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 2003, Vol 22, Issue 1, p23
- ISSN
0262-5253
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-0092.00002