Journal ArticleOPEN ACCESS

The power of the dead in Neolithic landscapes: An agricultural-celestial metaphor in the funerary tradition of the Funnel Beaker Culture in the Sandomierz Upland

Documenta Praehistorica (2016) 43 429-443
DOI: 10.4312/dp.43.22
1Citations
Citations of this article
7Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

Abstract

FBC earthen long barrows were roughly oriented along the East-West axis, with deviations not exceeding the frame of the solar arc. Also, the Sandomierz Group monuments display this general pattern. The paper brings together archaeoastronomy, landscape archaeology and symbolic archaeology.

Author supplied keywords

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Iwaniszewski, S. (2016). The power of the dead in Neolithic landscapes: An agricultural-celestial metaphor in the funerary tradition of the Funnel Beaker Culture in the Sandomierz Upland. Documenta Praehistorica, 43, 429–443. https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.43.22

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free