Author: Euan Wallace MacKie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Megalith Builders
Author: Euan Wallace MacKie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Seed of Knowledge, Stone of Plenty
Author: John A. Burke
Publisher: Council Oak Books
ISBN: 9781571781840
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Burke and Halbert present the scientific evidence behind their startling, original theory: ancient peoples constructed temples, mounds, and megaliths to increase the fertility of crops. These peoples used an ancient technology, only now rediscovered.
Publisher: Council Oak Books
ISBN: 9781571781840
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Burke and Halbert present the scientific evidence behind their startling, original theory: ancient peoples constructed temples, mounds, and megaliths to increase the fertility of crops. These peoples used an ancient technology, only now rediscovered.
Megalithomania
Author: John Michell
Publisher: Ingram
ISBN: 9781906069032
Category : Menhirs
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
A feast of extraordinary theories and personalities centred around the mysterious standing stones of antiquity. John Michell tells the incredible story of the amazing reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical, legendary, mystical or visionary.
Publisher: Ingram
ISBN: 9781906069032
Category : Menhirs
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
A feast of extraordinary theories and personalities centred around the mysterious standing stones of antiquity. John Michell tells the incredible story of the amazing reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical, legendary, mystical or visionary.
The Archaeology of Malta
Author: Claudia Sagona
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107006694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
This book synthesizes the archaeology of the Maltese archipelago from the first human colonization c. 5000 BC through the Roman period (c. 400 AD). Claudia Sagona interprets the archaeological record to explain changing social and political structures, intriguing ritual practices, and cultural contact through several millennia.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107006694
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
This book synthesizes the archaeology of the Maltese archipelago from the first human colonization c. 5000 BC through the Roman period (c. 400 AD). Claudia Sagona interprets the archaeological record to explain changing social and political structures, intriguing ritual practices, and cultural contact through several millennia.
The Megalithic Empire
Author: M. J. Harper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954291112
Category : Domestication
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Fascinating account of how long distance trade was carried out in Ancient Britain in the absence of literate devices such as maps and signposts.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780954291112
Category : Domestication
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Fascinating account of how long distance trade was carried out in Ancient Britain in the absence of literate devices such as maps and signposts.
Temples of Stone
Author: Carleton Jones
Publisher: Collins Press
ISBN: 9781848891678
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The essential book on Ireland's megaliths; lavishly illustrated.
Publisher: Collins Press
ISBN: 9781848891678
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The essential book on Ireland's megaliths; lavishly illustrated.
The Megaliths of Northern Europe
Author: Magdalena Midgley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113426450X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The North European megaliths are among the most enduring structures built in prehistory; they are imbued with symbolic meanings which embody physical and conceptual ideas about the nature of the world inhabited by the first Northern farmers. The Megaliths of Northern Europe provides a much needed up-to-date synthesis of the material available on these monuments, incorporating the results of recent research in Holland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. This research has brought to light new data on the construction of the megaliths and their role in the cultural landscape, and Magdalena Midgley offers a fascinating interpretation of the symbolism of megalithic tombs within the context of early farming communities. This wealth of new evidence suggests the Northern European megaliths were important foci in the wider north-west European context. The construction of dolmens and passage graves, using huge glacial boulders, demanded both great communal effort and considerable skill. In addition to this technical expertise the master builders also made use of their esoteric knowledge of rituals. This was expressed in the use of exotic building materials and special architectural features, and in the placement of tombs within the natural and cultural landscapes, creating new metaphors and images. Fully illustrated, this book will be of interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of European Prehistory, Archaeology and Prehistoric Anthropology, as well as architects who study ancient architecture and social anthropologists who study modern megaliths.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113426450X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The North European megaliths are among the most enduring structures built in prehistory; they are imbued with symbolic meanings which embody physical and conceptual ideas about the nature of the world inhabited by the first Northern farmers. The Megaliths of Northern Europe provides a much needed up-to-date synthesis of the material available on these monuments, incorporating the results of recent research in Holland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. This research has brought to light new data on the construction of the megaliths and their role in the cultural landscape, and Magdalena Midgley offers a fascinating interpretation of the symbolism of megalithic tombs within the context of early farming communities. This wealth of new evidence suggests the Northern European megaliths were important foci in the wider north-west European context. The construction of dolmens and passage graves, using huge glacial boulders, demanded both great communal effort and considerable skill. In addition to this technical expertise the master builders also made use of their esoteric knowledge of rituals. This was expressed in the use of exotic building materials and special architectural features, and in the placement of tombs within the natural and cultural landscapes, creating new metaphors and images. Fully illustrated, this book will be of interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of European Prehistory, Archaeology and Prehistoric Anthropology, as well as architects who study ancient architecture and social anthropologists who study modern megaliths.
The Megalithic Architectures of Europe
Author: Luc Laporte
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN: 9781789258097
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
First major synthesis by leading regional specialists in English of recent excavation results and new approaches to the study of megalithic monuments and their individual histories across Europe.
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN: 9781789258097
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
First major synthesis by leading regional specialists in English of recent excavation results and new approaches to the study of megalithic monuments and their individual histories across Europe.
The Megalith Builders
Author: Euan Wallace MacKie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Megalithic Builders of South India
Author: Veena Mushrif-Tripathy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788173054105
Category : Anthropometry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788173054105
Category : Anthropometry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description