Abstract

The Society does not accept responsibility for opinions expressed by its conrtibutors The Megalithic Architectures of Europe (Oxbow, Oxford, and Richards draw a similar conclusion from their 2015). Edited by Luc Laporte and Christopher work in south-west Wales, suggesting that many Scarre. 279 × 215 mm. 248 pp. Numerous colour dolmens may have been built by raising stones in and b/w illustrations. ISBN 978 1 7857 0014 9. situ. Chris Scarre’s chapter develops this idea further, Price £55.00. challenging the accepted view that most tombs were covered by mounds, and rehearsing the argument Although this collection of twenty-three papers that the raising of capstones on pillars may have references ‘Architectures’ in its title, it develops been the original intention of the builders. several themes relating to the megalithic tradition Section 2, on ‘Groups and Regional Traditions’, including, pertinently in this context, the role of is notably shorter, being restricted to Iberia and megaliths in prehistoric landscapes. The volume Denmark. Two chapters present Iberian evidence: originates from a meeting held at the Musée de Fábregas Valcarce and Vilaseco Vásquez discuss the Bretagne at Rennes in 2012 which brought together landscape settings of mounds in north-west Iberia, speakers from many countries.