Enclosing the Past - Inside and Outside in Prehistory (Volume 15) - Anthony Harding
Enclosures and Fortifications in Central Europe
Enclosing the Past - Inside and Outside in Prehistory (Volume 15) - Anthony Harding
Evžen Neustupný
Description
This chapter argues that irrespective of the fact that enclosures and fortifications could have had a practical function and/or social signification, their main purpose in prehistoric Europe (and possibly in later periods as well) was their symbolic significance connected with movement in the vertical direction.