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Ritual landscapes or ceremonial landscapes are large archaeological areas that were seemingly dedicated to ceremonial purposes in the and . Most are dated to around 3500–1800 BC, though a in Arabia has been dated to between 5300 and 5000 BC. The term emerged in the early 1980s in British archaeology and was contrasted with more conventional studies of monument sites concerned with dating, classification, and political divisions. Ritual landscapes are often associated with origin myths, ancestors, homes of spiritual essences, or locales where mythical or historical events occurred while the landscape features include social memory and the preservation of the myths, histories, trusts, and the belongings of a people.

(2025). 9780826354747, University of New Mexico.
Aside from a place of origin and mythology, ritual landscapes were also considered places of protection and renewal.
(2025). 9780292728523, University of Texas Press.


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In Britain and Ireland
In Britain, many ritual landscapes were gradually built around the two earliest classes of Neolithic communal monuments: and causewayed enclosures. For instance, the ritual site featured a giant, flat-topped barrow called , which is considered the largest artificial mound in prehistoric Europe.
(2025). 9780199735785, Oxford University Press.
The evidence of contemporary settlement within these landscapes is often sparse or absent altogether; conversely, non-utilitarian structures and artifacts are typically abundant. The Ring of Brodgar, part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, as the World Heritage Site on , Scotland is called, is the other most famous site in Britain.

Ritual landscapes in —such as Brú na Bóinne (another WHS), Tara and —include ancient tombs, , , enclosures, avenues, and natural features.

In Britain and Ireland, ritual landscapes went out of use relatively abruptly around 1500 BC and were replaced by smaller-scale shrines, which were often located near rivers, marshes, and springs. These smaller shrines usually feature offerings of food and metalwork and continued to be created and used into Roman and even Saxon times. Today they are often described as Celtic.


In other cultures
In other cultures, the ritual landscape is strongly influenced by the environment. This is demonstrated in the case of , the verticality of the environment dominated the constructions of the ritual landscape and features therein such as structures and tombs, which were built to resemble the mountains.
(2025). 9780199232444, Oxford University Press.


See also
  • - South America
  • Ceremonial stone landscape - North America
  • Newark Earthworks - North America
  • Mount Tlaloc - Mesoamerica

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