Symbol, monument, and rites in Neolithic Europe
A research project on prehistoric symbolism
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The site is organised around the main dimensions of Neolithic symbolic life: signs and materials, monuments and built forms, ritual practices, landscapes, and the catalogue of sites behind the research.
Symbols
Circles, colours, stone, axes, mace heads, bones, carvings, and other symbolic forms.
Monuments
Mounds, chambered tombs, passage graves, standing stones, circular monuments, and alignments.