Henge Monuments Of The British Isles
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| Author | : Jan Harding |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
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The later Neolithic henges are a distinctive yet enigmatic class of monument. Taken as indicative of the emerging social complexity of the third millennium BC, they are often seen as the culmination of cultural achievement during this period. Yet little is actually known about these monuments -- their origins, the meanings behind their distinctive layout, the activities undertaken within their perimeters, or indeed their significance to later Neolithic society. Drawing on the full range of data available across the British Isles and on anthropological parallels, the author addresses these questions in a book that will be of interest to anyone wishing to understand Neolithic society.
| Author | : Lucy Bethany Cummings |
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| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2019 |
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| Author | : Geoffrey Wainwright |
| Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Bronze age |
| ISBN | : 9780500390252 |
Explains what recent excavations reveal about ancient henges and the society that built them.
| Author | : Adam Morgan Ibbotson |
| Publisher | : The History Press |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2021-07-16 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 075099763X |
Whether it is Hadrian's Wall, Kendal Castle or the beautiful fells of the Lake District – for thousands of years people have found a certain elegance and utility in stone. Nestled amongst these common relics are a multitude of massive stone monuments, built over 3,000 years before British shores were ever touched by Roman sandals. Cumbria's 'megalithic' monuments are among Europe's greatest and best-preserved ancient relics but are often poorly understood and rarely visited. Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments aims to dispel the idea that these stones are merely 'mysterious'. Instead, within this book you will find credible answers, using up-to-date research, excavation notes, maps and diagrams to explore one of Britain's richest archaeological landscapes. Featuring stunning original photography and newly illustrated diagrams of every megalithic site in the county, Adam Morgan Ibbotson invites you to take a journey into a land sculpted by ancient hands.
| Author | : Alastair Oswald |
| Publisher | : Historic England Press |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : History |
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Causewayed enclosures re amonth the oldest of our ancient monuments and this text presents a synthesis of the current knowledge on these from recent archaeological findings and aerial surveys across the British Isles.
| Author | : Stanford Lehmberg |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 333 |
| Release | : 2013-10-11 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1134415281 |
The three volumes of A History of the Peoples of the British Isles weave together the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and their peoples. The authors trace the course of social, economic, cultural and political history from prehistoric times to the present, analyzing the relationships, differences and similarities of the four areas. Covering British history from prehistoric times to 1688, Volume I's main themes include: * the development of prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon Britain * discussions of family and class structures * Medieval British history * the Stuart and Tudor leaderships * the arts and intellectual developments from 1485 to 1688. Presenting a wealth of material on themes such as women's history, the family, religion, intellectual history, society, politics, and the arts, these volumes are an important resource for all students of the political and cultural heritage of the British Isles.
| Author | : Robert Weaver |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 1840 |
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| Author | : Alistair Marshall |
| Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 704 |
| Release | : 2021-07-08 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1789697069 |
Reassesses major axial alignment at many megalithic ritual and funerary monuments (Neolithic to Bronze Age) in Britain and Ireland, not in terms of abstract astronomical concerns, but as an expression of repeated seasonal propitiation involving community, agrarian economy and ancestry in an attempt to mitigate variable environmental conditions.
| Author | : Mr Andrew R M Hayes |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 453 |
| Release | : 2002-11-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1135782121 |
This is a guide to the archaeology of the British Isles, from the Ice Age to the medieval period. Beginning with an introduction to the methods and techniques of modern archaeology, the author moves on to cover the archaeology of the British Isles, dealing with such questions as: when the British Isles were first inhabited; how the great Neolithic monuments were planned and built; and the impact of the Roman Conquest. The guide is completed by a detailed gazetteer of 468 sites that can be visited.
| Author | : Aubrey Burl |
| Publisher | : Shire Publications |
| Total Pages | : 76 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : History |
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"Stonehenge is only one of almost a hundred vast circular earthworks built in Britain and Ireland over five thousand years ago. Known as henges, they remain one of the mysteries of prehistoric Britain. With their overgrown banks and weathered ditches they attract few visitors. Yet discoveries have revealed fascinating glimpses of the beliefs of their builders. Excavations have unearthed grim evidence of forgotten rituals: a child's sacrifice at Woodhenge; a human burial at the centre of Arbor Low; winter moonlight at Stonehenge. Such things hint at the power and importance that these huge enclosures once had. The effort needed to raise these spacious rings of earth or chalk, the careful planning of their entrances, the settings of stone or timber inside them and the avenues leading uphill from nearby rivers all make henges among the most exciting and intriguing of the ancient monuments of the British Isles." --Back cover.
