Overview

Caves in Context provides the thriving inter-disciplinary field of cave studies with a European-scale survey of current research in cave archaeology. It is unified by a contemporary theoretical emphasis on the cultural significance and diversity of caves over space and time. Caves and rockshelters are found all over Europe, and have frequently been occupied by human groups, from prehistory right up to the present day. Some appear to have only traces of short occupations, while others contain deep cultural deposits, indicating longer and multiple occupations. Above all, there is great variability in their human use, both secular and sacred. The aim of this book is to explore the multiple significances of these natural places in a range of chronological, spatial, and cultural contexts across Europe. The volume demonstrates, through a diversity of archaeological approaches and examples, that cave studies, whist necessarily focussed, can also be of significance to wider, contemporary, archaeological research agendas, particularly when a contextual approach is adopted. The book is also of relevance to other scholars working in the related fields of speleology, earth sciences, landscape studies, and anthropology, which together comprise the inter-disciplinary field of cave studies.

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Author:   Knut Andreas Bergsvik ,  Robin Skeates
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 22.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 28.20cm
Weight:   1.220kg
ISBN:  

9781842174746

ISBN 10:   1842174746
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   31 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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This volume of papers...makes a significant contribution to both European and international research; it moves the discipline forward and paves the way for more themed volumes on cave archaeology.--Marion Dowd European Journal of Archaeology (01/01/0001)

This volume of papers...makes a significant contribution to both European and international research; it moves the discipline forward and paves the way for more themed volumes on cave archaeology. -- Marion Dowd European Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 17 (2), 2014

This volume of papers...makes a significant contribution to both European and international research; it moves the discipline forward and paves the way for more themed volumes on cave archaeology. -- European Journal of Archaeology European Journal of Archaeology

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Knut Andreas Bergsvik is Professor of Archaeology in the University Museum at the University of Bergen, Norway. His main research interests are the human use of caves and rockshelters in Norway and social and economic change among hunter-fisher populations in Scandinavia. He has conducted a large number of archaeological excavations in western Norway. He is author of Ethnic Boundaries in Neolithic Norway (2006) and, together with Robin Skeates, he co-edited Caves in Context: The Cultural Significance of Caves and Rockshelters in Europe (2012).

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