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Introduction p. 1 Chamber tombs, long barrows and funerary structures Editorial introduction p. 3 The megalithic tombs of northern Europe p. 9 The long barrow in Brittany p. 19 The 'dolmens' of southern Britain p. 33 The tholos tomb in Iberia p. 47 The chambered barrow of Barnenez in Finistere p. 55 Colonialism and megalithismus p. 61 Mortuary houses and funeral rites in Denmark p. 77 The megalithic tomb at La Chaussee-Tirancourt p. 87 Les Fouaillages and megalithic origins p. 93 Clyde, Carlingford and Connaught Cairns - a review p. 103 A pattern of evolution for the Neolithic funerary structures of the west of France p. 109 Megalithic and other art: Centre and West p. 125 Knowth before Knowth p. 137 Megalithic transport and territorial markers: evidence from the Channel Islands p. 149 Some megalithic follies p. 153 Stonehenge and Avebury: past, present and future Editorial introduction p. 159 Stukeley, Avebury and the Druids p. 167 Stonehenge: a review p. 177 Stonehenge: creating a definitive account p. 183 The myth of long-distance megalithic transport p. 191 Stonehenge for the ancestors: the stones pass on the message p. 203 What future for Stonehenge? p. 225 The Stonehenge we deserve p. 237 Circles and rings; posts and stones Editorial introduction p. 249 The excavations at Cairnpapple Hill, West Lothian 1947-8 p. 253 Durrington Walls: a ceremonial enclosure of the 2nd millennium B.C. p. 263 The timber circle at Sarn-y-bryn caled, Welshpool, Powys: ritual and sacrifice in p. 275 Bronze Age mid-Wales A Neolithic ceremonial timber complex at Ballynahatty, Co. Down p. 285 New evidence of ritual monuments at Long Meg and her Daughters, Cumbria p. 293 A late Neolithic complex at West Kennet, Wiltshire, England p. 299 Past records, new views: Carnac 1830-2000 p. 307 Beyond the megaliths Editorial introduction p. 313 Neolithic engineering p. 317 Megaliths and mathematics p. 325 Megalithic lunar observatories: an astronomer's view p. 333 Cosmology, calendars and society in Neolithic Orkney: a rejoinder to Euan MacKie p. 339 Three-dimensional aspects of apparent relationships between selected natural and p. 355 artificial features within the topography of the Avebury complex Acoustical resonances of selected archaeological sites p. 361 Architecture and sound: an acoustic analysis of megalithic monuments in prehistoric p. 363 Britain Palaeoecology and the perception of prehistoric landscapes: some comments on visual p. 377 approaches to phenomenology References p. 381 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission..

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