Abstract
Based on the reconstruction of the spatial context of causewayed enclosures and long barrows of the Proto- and Early Eneolithic period, the phenomenon of the ritual landscape can be modelled. Discussing the purpose and meaning of the long barrows and enclosures they are being described as funerary and religious structures related to the cult of ancestors.
An alternative explanation views them primarily in economic terms, as territorial markers delineating the areas controlled by different communities. It seems likely that both of these interpretations are valid and well characterise the true nature of such structures.
Both types of monuments should not be perceived as isolated structures, just the opposite they are part of a pattern of regional and super-regional identity of communities and individuals. In fact they are crucial elements of the overall system of structuring of the prehistoric landscape.