Winner, William A. Douglass Book Prize in Europeanist Anthropology, 2005'This is an intriguing and original contribution to the study of ancient monuments and places. It relies on a sophisticated blend of social theory and fieldwork and will surely influence the ways in which landscape archaeology develops in the future.'Richard Bradley, University of Reading'In this continuation of Tilley's project into phenomenology and landscape we encounter its most exciting and productive area of research; the engagement with materiality. The success of this approach can only be measured by the richness of interpretation offered for some of the most enigmatic areas of archaeological material culture, namely menhirs and rock art. Very rarely does a book provide the inspiration to go out and undertake immediate fieldwork, well this has precisely such an effect and is surely going to inspire a further generation of archaeologists and those concerned with material culture of the past to do exactly that.'Colin Richards, University of ManchesterWith his usual clarity in expressing complex theoretical concepts, Tilley has written another thought-provoking book that builds on his Phenomenology of Landscape. This is a valuable addition to current debates on the meanings of stone for prehistoric monument builders; it will be essential reading for all archaeologists working on the Neolithic.

'Mike Parker Pearson, University of Sheffield'Christopher Tilley's most recent book shows a new level of sophistication and integration with alternative modes of scholarship, compared with his first book on a broadly related theme of ten years earlier. [T]his book [is] a thought-provoking experience.Simon Stoddart, University of Cambridge.