Stone Rows And Standing Stones
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Stone Rows And Standing Stones
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Author : Alexander Thom
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Release Date : 1990
Stone Rows And Standing Stones written by Alexander Thom and has been published by British Archaeological Reports this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
This volume is part of a two volume set: ISBN 9781407358727 (Volume I); ISBN 9781407358734 (Volume II); ISBN 9780860547082 (Volume set).
Stone Rows And Standing Stones
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language : en
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Release Date : 1990
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From Carnac To Callanish
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Author : Aubrey Burl
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1993-01-01
From Carnac To Callanish written by Aubrey Burl and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with History categories.
This book discusses the lines of standing stones that until now have been the neglected wonders of prehistoric Europe, rows that were foci of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over two thousand years. Places such as Carnac in Brittany and Callanish in the Hebrides are visited by many visitors each year, but before now there has been no book that seriously explains the history, significance and background to these impressive sites. Aubrey Burl shows that the settings vary from pairs of isolated stones in the far south-west of Ireland to networks of long lines in Scotland, Dartmoor and Brittany, and describes the types in a sequence of architectural chapters that stress the increasing social and commercial connections between regions hundred of miles apart. He uses information from a wide variety of sources - excavation reports, megalithic art, astronomical analyses and legends - to provide explanations of why the rows were erected, when, and what they may have been used for.
Building The Great Stone Circles Of The North
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Author : Colin Richards
language : en
Publisher: Windgather Press
Release Date : 2013-11-30
Building The Great Stone Circles Of The North written by Colin Richards and has been published by Windgather Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-30 with History categories.
Of all prehistoric monuments, few are more emotive than the great stone circles that were built throughout Britain and Ireland. From the tall, elegant, pointed monoliths of the Stones of Stenness to the grandeur of Stonehenge and the sarsen blocks at Avebury, circles of stone exert a magnetic fascination to those who venture into their sphere. In Britain today, more people visit these structures than any other form of prehistoric monument and visitors stand in awe at their scale and question how and why they were erected. Building the Great Stone Circles of the North looks at the enigmatic stone structures of Scotland and investigates the background of their construction and their cultural significance.
Stone Rows And Standing Stones
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Author : Alexander Thom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Stone Rows And Standing Stones written by Alexander Thom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Archaeoastronomy categories.
Interpreting Landscapes
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Author : Christopher Tilley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-06-03
Interpreting Landscapes written by Christopher Tilley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-03 with Architecture categories.
Examines role of landscape in phenomenological study of ancient Britain.
Monumentalising Life In The Neolithic
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Author : Anne Birgitte Gebaer
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2020-09-30
Monumentalising Life In The Neolithic written by Anne Birgitte Gebaer and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-30 with Social Science categories.
One of the principal characteristics of the European Neolithic is the development of monumentality in association with innovations in material culture and changes in subsistence from hunting and gathering to farming and pastoralism. The papers in this volume discuss the latest insights into why monumental architecture became an integral part of early farming societies in Europe and beyond. One of the topics is how we define monuments and how our arguments and recent research on temporality impacts on our interpretation of the Neolithic period. Different interpretations of Göbekli Tepe are examples of this discussion as well as our understanding of special landmarks such as flint mines. The latest evidence on the economic and paleoenvironmental context, carbon 14 dates as well as analytical methods are employed in illuminating the emergence of monumentalism in Neolithic Europe. Studies are taking place on a macro and micro scale in areas as diverse as Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Germany, the Dutch wetlands, Portugal and Malta involving a range of monuments from long barrows and megalithic tombs to roundels and enclosures. Transformation from a natural to a built environment by monumentalizing part of the landscape is discussed as well as changes in megalithic architecture in relation to shifts in the social structure. An ethnographic study of megaliths in Nagaland discuss monument building as an act of social construction. Other studies look into the role of monuments as expressions of cosmology and active loci of ceremonial performances. Also, a couple of papers analyse the social processes in the transformation of society in the aftermath of the initial boom in monument construction and the related changes in subsistence and social structure in northern Europe. The aim of the publication is to explore different theories about the relationship between monumentality and the Neolithic way of life through these studies encompassing a wide range of types of monuments over vast areas of Europe and beyond.
Sun Moon And Standing Stones
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Author : John Edwin Wood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Sun Moon And Standing Stones written by John Edwin Wood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Science categories.
A Guide To The Stone Circles Of Britain Ireland And Brittany
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Author : Aubrey Burl
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2005-01-01
A Guide To The Stone Circles Of Britain Ireland And Brittany written by Aubrey Burl and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Social Science categories.
This practical and knowledgeable guidebook deals comprehensively with the stone circles of Britain and Ireland and with the cromlechs and megalithic "horseshoes" of Brittany. This new edition includes a section on "Druidical" circles, romantic creations of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. "This book is not only an elegant and practical guide, it is also the best single-volume study of this extraordinary phenomenon, embracing 500 monuments from Shetland to Brittany. . . . Confident, erudite, pleasurable, this volume can be recommended as travel guide, archaeology, literature, and sheer good company."--Ian Sheperd, British Archaeology "This is a wonderful book and is a must for anyone remotely interested in things megalithic."--Paul Walsh, Archaeology Ireland
Handbook To Life In Prehistoric Europe
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Author : Jane McIntosh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Handbook To Life In Prehistoric Europe written by Jane McIntosh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
For most of Europe's long past we have no writing, no named individuals, no recorded deeds. This means that its history is almost entirely that of the ordinary individual--the hunger-gatherer, farmer, or metallurgist--rather than the king. Evidence of privileged elites and material splendor is not lacking, however. The skills and expertise of prehistoric Europeans were often employed in the production of exquisite jewelry, elaborately woven cloth, beautifully made tools, and finely wrought weapons. Though the palaces that have attracted excavators in other lands are absent, there are few monuments elsewhere in the world to rival Europe's massive megalithic tombs or great stone circles. And though individuals preserve their anonymity and many of their secrets, modern technology has made it possible to reveal parts of their life history in astonishing detail. Handbook to Life in Prehistoric Europe gathers the results of recent archaeological discoveries and scholarly research into a single accessible volume. Organized thematically, the handbook covers all aspects of life in prehistoric Europe, including the geography of the continent, settlement, trade and transport, industry and crafts, religion, death and burial, warfare, language, the arts, and more. Complemented with more than 75 illustrations and maps, the result is a fascinating introduction to the 7,000-year period that immediately preceded the Roman Empire.