The Archaeology of Darkness

205 Pages·2016·12.07 MB·English

by  Marion Dowd

Contents
1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. List of figures
6. List of plates
7. List of tables
8. Background and acknowledgements
9. List of contributors
10. Chapter 1: Past dark: a short introduction to the human
relationship with darkness over time
11. Chapter 2: Darkness visible. Shadows, art and the ritual
experience of caves in Upper Palaeolithic Europe
12. Chapter 3: Between symbol and senses: the role of darkness in
ritual in prehistoric Italy
13. Chapter 4: Experiencing darkness and light in caves: later
prehistoric examples from Seulo in central Sardinia
14. Chapter 5: The dark side of the sky: the orientations of earlier
prehistoric monuments in Ireland and Britain
15. Chapter 6: In search of darkness: cave use in Late Bronze Age
Ireland
16. Chapter 7: Digging into the darkness: the experience of copper
mining in the Great Orme, North Wales
17. Chapter 8: Between realms: entering the darkness of the hare
paenga in ancient Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
18. Chapter 9: Dark places and supernatural light in early Ireland
19. Chapter 10: Enfolded by the long winter’s night
20. Chapter 11: ‘The outer darkness of madness’ – the Edwardian
Winter Garden at Purdysburn public asylum for the insane
21. Chapter 12: Descent into darkness
22. Chapter 13: Coming in and out of the dark
Guide
1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. List of figures
6. List of plates
7. List of tables
8. Background and acknowledgements
9. List of contributors
10. Chapter 1: Past dark: a short introduction to the human
relationship with darkness over time
11. Chapter 2: Darkness visible. Shadows, art and the ritual
experience of caves in Upper Palaeolithic Europe
12. Chapter 3: Between symbol and senses: the role of darkness in
ritual in prehistoric Italy
13. Chapter 4: Experiencing darkness and light in caves: later
prehistoric examples from Seulo in central Sardinia
14. Chapter 5: The dark side of the sky: the orientations of earlier
prehistoric monuments in Ireland and Britain
15. Chapter 6: In search of darkness: cave use in Late Bronze Age
Ireland
16. Chapter 7: Digging into the darkness: the experience of copper
mining in the Great Orme, North Wales
17. Chapter 8: Between realms: entering the darkness of the hare
paenga in ancient Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
18. Chapter 9: Dark places and supernatural light in early Ireland
19. Chapter 10: Enfolded by the long winter’s night
20. Chapter 11: ‘The outer darkness of madness’ – the Edwardian
Winter Garden at Purdysburn public asylum for the insane
21. Chapter 12: Descent into darkness
22. Chapter 13: Coming in and out of the dark
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