Output details
17 - Geography, Environmental Studies and Archaeology
University of Cambridge : A - Archaeology
Chapter title
L’orthostate 3 de la Table des Marchands et l’art pariétal d’Irlande: étude iconographique et symbolique comparée.
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Université de Nantes
Book title
Autour de la Table : explorations archéologiques et discours savants sur une architecture néolithique restaurée à Locmariaquer, Morbihan. (Table des Marchands et Grand Menhir).
ISBN of book
978-2869392281
Year of publication
2009
URL
-
Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
The Table des Marchands is an iconic monument, not only for the Carnac region of Brittany but also for Megalithism as a whole. The site features prominently in the public imagination, as it is grounded in the identity of the local population, in part as a result of the signs and symbols displayed on the rock. In this paper the authors compare the art at the Table des Marchands with equivalent material in Ireland, looking at similarities and underlining analogies between the two regions. The importance of the site for European prehistoric burial art is shown.
