THE POWERS OF ROCKS - TOPOGRAPHY AND MONUMENT CONSTRUCTION ON BODMIN MOOR

This paper is an exploration of the relationship between topographic f eatures of the landscape, agency and power in small-scale societies. I n it I argue that topographic features of the landscape constitute a s eries of symbolic resources of essential significance in the formation of personal biographies and the creation and reproduction of structur es of power. I attempt to explore these ideas through a discussion of the prehistoric landscapes of Bodmin Moor from the Neolithic to the en d of the Bronze Age.