Author: Mark Patton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134918097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Statements in Stone is based on the most recent - and controversial - theoretical perspectives in archaeology. It will be of great interest to students of archaeology and anthropology.
Statements in Stone
Author: Mark Patton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134918097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Statements in Stone is based on the most recent - and controversial - theoretical perspectives in archaeology. It will be of great interest to students of archaeology and anthropology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134918097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Statements in Stone is based on the most recent - and controversial - theoretical perspectives in archaeology. It will be of great interest to students of archaeology and anthropology.
A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany
Author: Aubrey Burl
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300114065
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300114065
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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
The Megaliths of Brittany
Author: Jacques Briard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782877470636
Category : Brittany (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782877470636
Category : Brittany (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
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 Dolmens of Ireland
Author: William Copeland Borlase
Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall
ISBN:
Category : Dolmens
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall
ISBN:
Category : Dolmens
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
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.
Magic Stones
Author: Jan Pohribný
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"A fascinating exploration of our early ancestors' obsession with stone. With more than 250 stunning full-colour illustrations, Magic Stones is the most wide-ranging photographic record ever published on the megalithic monuments of Europe"--Back cover.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"A fascinating exploration of our early ancestors' obsession with stone. With more than 250 stunning full-colour illustrations, Magic Stones is the most wide-ranging photographic record ever published on the megalithic monuments of Europe"--Back cover.
Time and Stone: The Emergence and Development of Megaliths and Megalithic Societies in Europe
Author: Bettina Schulz Paulsson
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784916862
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This analysis is concerned with the dating of megaliths in Europe and is based on 2410 available radiocarbon results and the application of a Bayesian statistical framework. It is, so far, the largest existing attempt to establish a supra-regional synthesis on the emergence and development of megaliths in Europe.
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784916862
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This analysis is concerned with the dating of megaliths in Europe and is based on 2410 available radiocarbon results and the application of a Bayesian statistical framework. It is, so far, the largest existing attempt to establish a supra-regional synthesis on the emergence and development of megaliths in Europe.
Powerful Places in Brittany
Author: Elyn Aviva
Publisher: Pilgrims' Process
ISBN: 9780982623329
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Brittany is home to the world's largest collection of megaliths, including cairns with fascinating interior carvings, an enchanted forest or two filled with legends of Arthur and Merlin, evocative pilgrimage shrines, and holy wells. This guide provides detailed descriptions of these powerful places, how to get there, and what to do there.
Publisher: Pilgrims' Process
ISBN: 9780982623329
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Brittany is home to the world's largest collection of megaliths, including cairns with fascinating interior carvings, an enchanted forest or two filled with legends of Arthur and Merlin, evocative pilgrimage shrines, and holy wells. This guide provides detailed descriptions of these powerful places, how to get there, and what to do there.
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.