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Author | : Hugh Newman |
Publisher | : eBook Partnership |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2020-09-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1912706288 |
How do you predict eclipses at Stonehenge? Why do the Carnac alignments follow geological fault lines? Why is Avebury precisely one seventh of a circle down from the north pole? Why are so many stone circles egg-shaped or flattened? What is the meaning of the designs in ancient rock art? Why do you have to wait nineteen years to visit the remote site of Callanish? What were the ancients up to? This book details our oldest and grandest buildings, our first temples, our earliest visual art, messages which are still relevant today. With eight authors, and packed with detailed information and exquisite rare illustrations, Megalith is a timeless and valuable sourcebook for anyone interested in prehistory.
Author | : Peter Lancaster Brown |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2013-01-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0486156958 |
Fascinating study of early astronomical knowledge through the interpretation of such ancient monuments as Stonehenge, Carnac, other megalithic sites. Over 140 photos, maps, illustrations. "Fascinating."— Publishers Weekly.
Author | : Jan Pohribný |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
"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.
Author | : Luc Laporte |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 1436 |
Release | : 2022-08-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1803273216 |
Bringing together the latest research on megalithic monuments throughout the world, 150 researchers offer 72 articles, providing a region-by region account in their specialist areas, and a summary of the current state of knowledge. Highlighting salient themes, the book is vital to anyone interested in the phenomenon of megalithic monumentality.
Author | : Magdalena Midgley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2008-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 113426450X |
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.
Author | : Linda Connor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Menhirs |
ISBN | : 9780988227576 |
"Barbara Yoshida's photographs engage these immensities. She takes our imagination into the night, shows us how we and our planet are rotating against the night sky, and how our sweet sister, the moon, illuminates ancient stones once revered..."--Page 11.
Author | : Tara Steimer-Herbet |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 117 |
Release | : 2018-09-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 178491844X |
An exploration of Indonesian megaliths based on scientific documents and field visits, this work highlights misunderstood—and sometimes threatened by destruction—aspects of Indonesian cultural heritage and offers a unique perspective on megalithic monuments abandoned for several centuries in the archipelago.
Author | : Stanislav Grigoriev |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2019-07-11 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1789692431 |
The largest and brightest megalithic complex in Russia’s Ural Mountains is located on Vera Island, represented by three chambered megaliths and sanctuaries of the Eneolithic period (mid-4th - 3rd millennium BC). The oldest samples of stone sculpture in the Urals have been revealed within this complex.
Author | : Magdalena Midgley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2008-07-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134264496 |
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.
Author | : Bettina Schulz Paulsson |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2017-09-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1784916862 |
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.