Table of Contents

Preface

1. Encyclopaedic memories of the elders

2. Memory spaces, large and small

3. Memory spaces in a modern world

4. A journey through time

5. The ever-changing memory spaces at Stonehenge

6. The megalithic complexes of Avebury and Orkney

7. Newgrange and the passage cairns of Ireland

8. The tall stones and endless rows of Carnac

9. The unparalleled architecture of Chaco Canyon

10. Giants drawings on the desert floor at Nasca

11. Memory spaces across the Americas

12. Polynesian navigators create a unique world on Easter Island

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

About the author

Notes

Index

About the Author

Dr Lynne Kelly AM is a science writer and an Honorary Research Associate at La Trobe University.

Reviews

'In this age when information can be easily sourced online, there is still a case for memory...Perhaps preliterate societies might offer us valuable lessons.' - Cosmos Magazine

'This fascinating narrative offers fresh interpretations of these physical spaces and their archaeological discoveries. Readers interested in preliterate cultures, Neolithic archaeological sites, and memory techniques will find this research thought provoking.'- Library Journal