ABSTRACT
In the previous chapter, we have seen how the development of competitive relations between social groups resulted in the emergence of higher order ritual centres in some areas of the Armorican region. These monuments are passage graves, similar in form and function to the other monuments of the region, but distinguished from these other monuments by virtue of their much greater size. In some areas, however, the archaeological evidence suggests that these same processes of centralisation and competitive emulation gave rise to entirely new forms of ritual expression, characterised by a much greater degree of overt social differentiation, and by an even greater investment of labour in monumental ritual.
