The Archaeology of Darkness
List of figures -- List of plates -- List of tables -- Background and acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- 1. Past dark: a short introduction to the human relationship with darkness over time -- 2. Darkness visible. Shadows, art and the ritual experience of caves in Upper Palaeolithic Europe -- 3. Between symbol and senses: the role of darkness in ritual in prehistoric Italy -- 4. Experiencing darkness and light in caves: later prehistoric examples from Seulo in central Sardinia -- 5. The dark side of the sky: the orientations of earlier prehistoric monuments in Ireland and Britain -- 6. In search of darkness: cave use in Late Bronze Age Ireland -- 7. Digging into the darkness: the experience of copper mining in the Great Orme, North Wales -- 8. Between realms: entering the darkness of the hare paenga in ancient Rapa Nui (Easter Island) -- 9. Dark places and supernatural light in early Ireland -- 10. Enfolded by the long winter's night -- 11. 'The outer darkness of madness' - the Edwardian Winter Garden at Purdysburn public asylum for the insane -- 12. Descent into darkness -- 13. Coming in and out of the dark