Ritual and domestic life in prehistoric Europe

• Main Author: Bradley, Richard, 1946-
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
• Subjects: Rites and ceremonies, Prehistoric > Europe.; Architecture, Prehistoric > Europe.; Agriculture, Prehistoric > Europe.; Tools, Prehistoric > Europe.; Human remains (Archaeology) > Europe.; Antiquities, Prehistoric > Europe.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Death and the harvest : how archaeologists have distinguished between ritual and domestic life
• The consecration of the house : how domestic buildings took on special qualities
• A duty of care : how everyday activities assumed a special significance
• A house with a pool : rituals and the materials of farming
• Multiplication and division : the problem of utilitarian bronze hoards
• The rites of separation : domestic rituals and public ritual in the Iron Age
• What remains to be seen : some implications of the argument.