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-[[Reading Notes]]+[[Reading Notes]] by Theun
  
 ==== An Archaeology of Natural Places ==== ==== An Archaeology of Natural Places ====
  
-by Richard Bradley.+a book by Richard Bradley.
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 === Locations of offerings: === === Locations of offerings: ===
  
-Sacrifice, rockart and quarries were undertaken on specifically chosen locations. Often these are remote or almost unreachable places. In fact material resources close at hand were often ignored; materials from distant or hard to reach places were favored. Sacrificial hoards were in different locations for **men and women**, **tools and weapons** (land and water respectively) and for certain groups, especially shepherds, smiths and 'ritual specialists' (including shamans). The **smiths** offerings are often half-melted raw materials poured into rock fissures. Sacrificial sites in bogs became more extravagant and often featured special wooden platforms. Many sacred sites would be obvious landmarks and especially in Scandinavia could even be seen from boats. So traveling through the landscape was also traveling through a symbolic space.+Sacrifice, rockart and quarries were undertaken on specifically chosen locations. Often these are remote or almost unreachable places. In fact material resources close at hand were often ignored; materials from distant or hard to reach places were favored. Sacrificial hoards were in different locations for **men and women**, **tools and weapons** (land and water respectively) and for certain groups, especially shepherds, smiths and 'ritual specialists' (including shamans). The **smiths** offerings are often half-melted raw materials poured into rock fissures. Sacrificial sites in bogs became more extravagant and often featured built-for-purpose wooden platforms. Many sacred sites would be obvious landmarks and especially in Scandinavia could even be seen from boats. So traveling through the landscape was also traveling through a symbolic space.
  
 === Economy: === === Economy: ===
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 In some cases monuments would be organized so participants in ceremonies would need to move around these spaces in a prescribed order, or as ways to experience the way the world was made or **reenact creation myths**. Spaces were created to form something like a model of the universe, through which a path was taken and specific offerings or 'votive deposits' are made. At Roughting Linn (UK) a large rock serves as a 'picture walk' you walk around. In some cases monuments would be organized so participants in ceremonies would need to move around these spaces in a prescribed order, or as ways to experience the way the world was made or **reenact creation myths**. Spaces were created to form something like a model of the universe, through which a path was taken and specific offerings or 'votive deposits' are made. At Roughting Linn (UK) a large rock serves as a 'picture walk' you walk around.
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 +To me it's interesting to see the culture of peoples and societies in the aftermath of the last period of serious climate change. Some elements may inform us in ways to incorporate change into our own lives and the ways we express ourselves, and could be interesting in a public narrative like an ARG.
  
  
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