Fifteen papers from a weekend conference on archaeology, ritual and religion at Oxford in 1989. Contributions Archaeology of ritual , Ritual tradition and the reconstitution of society , Beaker funerary practice , Social transformation in the Danish Neolithic , Ritual use of narcotics in later Neolithic Europe , Symbolic dimensions of Neolithic exchange in Armorica , From ritual action to symbolic communication , Booty sacrifices in southern Scandinavia , Intensity and symbolism in Celtic religious expression , Animals and ritual behaviour , Animal and infant burials in Romano-British villas , Caves, cults and children in Neolithic Abruzzo , Monuments and places , Monuments and the ritual landscape , Social arenas in the Neolithic and Copper Age of SE Europe . 192p with illus. Pb
Fifteen papers from a weekend conference on archaeology, ritual and religion at Oxford in 1989. Contributions Archaeology of ritual , Ritual tradition and the reconstitution of society , Beaker funerary practice , Social transformation in the Danish Neolithic , Ritual use of narcotics in later Neolithic Europe , Symbolic dimensions of Neolithic exchange in Armorica , From ritual action to symbolic communication , Booty sacrifices in southern Scandinavia , Intensity and symbolism in Celtic religious expression , Animals and ritual behaviour , Animal and infant burials in Romano-British villas , Caves, cults and children in Neolithic Abruzzo , Monuments and places , Monuments and the ritual landscape , Social arenas in the Neolithic and Copper Age of SE Europe . 192p with illus. Pb