Video 6 Why did people build Ritual Monuments? Flashcards

1
Q

Reasoning theory: monuments are territorial markers

A

Early farming communities concept of territory started to become important

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Why can’t monuments being territorial markers be the sole reason for monument creation?

A

Distribution of megaliths in relation to probable territories

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What culture made the Hunebeds?

A

The TRB

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Theory of why we only find megaliths and other monuments in the west

A

Zone where indigenous people lived, took over domesticated plants+animals (contact with Bandkeramik) -> First monuments indigenous imitations Bandkeramik houses -> Transformation former houses living into houses of dead (ancestral importance)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Cerny farming culture

A

Regional culture, direct successor Bandkeramik Culture

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What supports the theory that monuments had an ancestral importance (also supporting the theory that they were Bankeramik imitations) (3)

A
  • Farmers built upon deeds of predecessors who reclaimed landscape and prepared it for farming
  • Often burials and cremation remains in monuments
  • Examples of monuments built on former Bandkeramik houses
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly