Caves in Context: The Cultural Significance of Caves and Rockshelters in Europe

by Robin Skeates and Knut Andreas Bergsvik

Caves in Context provides the thriving interdisciplinary 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 rock shelters 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842174746
• ISBN13: 9781842174746
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.1"