Böcker av Christopher Tilley

Pebbles are usually found only on the beach, in the liminal space between land and sea. But what happens when pebbles extend inland and create a ridge brushing against the sky? Landscape in the Longue Durée is a 4,000 year history of pebbles. It is based on the results of a four-year archaeological research project of the east Devon Pebblebed heathlands, a fascinating and geologically unique landscape in the UK whose bedrock is composed entirely of water-rounded pebbles. Christopher Tilley uses this landscape to argue that pebbles are like no other kind of stone - they occupy an especial place both in the prehistoric past and in our contemporary culture. It is for this reason that we must re-think continuity and change in a radically new way by considering embodied relations between people and things over the long term. Dividing the book into two parts, Tilley first explores the prehistoric landscape from the Mesolithic to the end of the Iron Age, and follows with an analysis of the same landscape from the eighteenth into the twenty-first century. The major findings of the four-year study are revealed through this chronological journey: from archaeological discoveries, such as the excavation of three early Bronze Age cairns, to the documentation of all 829 surviving pebble structures, and beyond, to the impact of the landscape on local economies and its importance today as a military training camp. The results of the study will inform many disciplines including archaeology, cultural and art history, anthropology, conservation, and landscape studies. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

A critical analysis of Scandinavian rock art that offers a new theory of visual narrative structure and rhythm.

This title examines a way of analysing the significance of both 'cultural' and 'natural' stone in prehistoric European landscapes. The author's approach is to interpret human experience in a multidimensional way, rather than through an abstract gaze.

Examines the prehistory of Britain from Mesolithic to Iron Age times in terms of periods or artifact classifications, asserting the fundamental significance of the bones of the land in the process of human occupation. This work presents an account of the landscapes of southern England and the people who inhabited them.

This book starts from the premise that methodology - the procedures for obtaining an 'objective' knowledge of the past - has always dominated archaeology to the detriment of broader social theory. It argues that social theory is archaeological theory, and that past failure to recognise this has resulted in disembodied archaeological theory and weak disciplinary practice.

The understanding and interpretation of ancient architecture, landscapes, and art has always been viewed through an iconographic lens-a cognitive process based on traditional practices in art history. This work argues that the iconographic approach falls short of understanding how ancient people interacted with their imagery.

Represents an innovative experiment in presenting the results of a large-scale, multidisciplinary archaeological project. This work is a major synthesis of the Bronze Age settlements and ritual sites of the Moor, contextualized within the Bronze Ages of southwestern and central Britain, and a tracing of the changing meaning of this landscape.

* An innovative contribution to recent debates about the use of a metaphora in the social sciences, from an archaeological perspective* Written by one of the foremost scholars working on archaeological theory, with an international reputation* Combines theoretical interpretation with practical examples a from the fielda .

A fresh and invigorating contribution to the emergence of a philosophically and culturally informed archaeology, which challenges the disciplinary practices of both traditional and 'new' archaeology.

This book is an extended photographic essay about the topographic features of the landscape. The author puts forward a radically new perspective for conceptualizing the meaning and significance of prehistoric monuments in relation to the natural landscape.