Giant Stones and Earth Mounds

Giant Stones and Earth Mounds
Author: Tom McGowen
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780761313724

Provides readers with an examination of stonehenge and other megalith sites found around the world by looking at their history and legends.

Megalithomania

Megalithomania
Author: John Michell
Publisher: Ingram
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2007-04-03
Genre: Menhirs
ISBN: 9781906069032

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.

Indian Mounds of Wisconsin

Indian Mounds of Wisconsin
Author: Robert A. Birmingham
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2017-10-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0299313646

This work offers an analysis of the way in which the phenomenon of not in my backyard operates in the United States. The author takes the situation further by offering hope for a heightened public engagement with the pressing environmental issues of the day.

The Mound Builders

The Mound Builders
Author: Stephen Denison Peet
Publisher: Chicago : [s.n.]
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1892
Genre: Mound-builders
ISBN:

Circle of Stone---A Kid's Guide to Stonehenge

Circle of Stone---A Kid's Guide to Stonehenge
Author: Penelope Dyan
Publisher: Bellissima Publishing
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781935630371

The area of Stonehenge was long used by the ancients as a burial ground, and you can see the burial mounds today where the ancient people cremated and buried their dead. It is long believed that the Druids constructed Stonnehenge as a place of worship, and Stonhenge is considered to be a great architectural feat. You can walk in a circle around Stonehenge and see it from many perspectives, set in its natural setting with sheep and cattle grazing nearby. When Stonehenge was built is also up for debate. Some say it was built as early as 3000 BC, others speculate it was constructed about 2400 BC. No one knows exactly how this monument was created or why, and no one knows by whom it was erected. It baffles the mind how ancient people could have moved the huge Stonehenge stones. The legend of King Arthur even comes into play in the discussion of the construction of Stonehenge. One Twelfth Century writer, Geoffrey of Monmouth, in his History of the Kings of Britain, wrote that Merlin brought the stones to the Salisbury Plain from Ireland sometime in the fifth century, and Merllin suggested an expedition to Ireland for the purpose of transplanting the Giant s Ring Stone Circle to Britain (stones that had been previously brought to Ireland from Africa by giants). Others suggest this was the work of extra-terrestrials; but no one really knows how Stonehenge was erected or what its purpose was. It is all speculation. Award winning poet and author, Penelope Dyan and photographer John D. Weigand traveled to Stonehenge to bring this book to you and to remind us all that nothing is impossible, even if it seems that way. Stonehenge is proof positive of that!

Giants on Record

Giants on Record
Author: Jim Vieira
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-07-14
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781939149800

Originally published: Glastonbury, Somerset, UK: Avalon Rising Publications, 2015.

What Was Stonehenge For?

What Was Stonehenge For?
Author: Anita Croy
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2017-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1502627957

Stonehenge is one of the archaeological mysteries of the world. Experts are not entirely certain why Stonehenge was built, but there are clues that have aided them in working toward discovering its true purpose. Readers will learn about some of the theories archaeologists have about Stonehenge’s past and how there is not enough evidence to support their theories entirely. Maps, sidebars, and full-color photographs supplement information in the text to spark readers’ interest in learning more about Stonehenge.

Mounds of Earth and Shell

Mounds of Earth and Shell
Author: Bonnie Shemie
Publisher: Children's Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780516081717

A look at the mounds of the Southeast, built by some of the earliest civilizations of North America's Native peoples. Describes the construction materials and methods used by the mound builders to create different types of ceremonial earthen structures.