Thinking of Bucks palace I was reminded of a primary reason why ritual landscapes exist - to reinforce the powewr structure - to "sanctify" those in power. by associating your leaders with your religion, this gives them the ultimate seal of approval. Doing it regularly makes sure the people do not forget that their leaders are "gods".
Is this is the case, and we do have ritual landscapes, then surely we are looking at three types of structure - power, religion and communication.
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