Great Stone Monuments In History And Geography Classic Reprint

Author : James Fergusson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365431404
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries written by James Fergusson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses It is because I have spent the greater part of my life in studying the architecture of all nations, and through all ages, that I believe myself entitled to express an opinion on the perplexed questions connected with megalithic remains, though it differs widely from that generally received, and that I dare to face the objection which is sure to be raised that my work is based on too narrow an induction, and that I have overlooked the evidences of primaeval man which exist everywhere. It is not, however, that I have neglected either the evidence from the drift, or from the caves, but that I have rejected them as irre levant, and because I can hardly trace any connexion between them and the megalithic remains, to the investigation of which this work is specially devoted. I have also purposely put on one side all reference to hut circles, Picts' houses, brochs, and other buildings composed of smaller stones, which are generally mixed up with the big stone monuments. I have done this, not because I doubt that many of these may be coeval, but because their age being doubtful also, it would only confuse and complicate the argument to introduce them, and because, whenever the age of the great stones is' determined these minor monuments will easily fit into their proper places. At present, neither their age or use throws any light either for or against that of the great stones. It need hardly he remarked, to anyone who knows anything about the Subject, that the difficulties in the way of writing such a book as this are enormous, and I do not believe any one could, in a first edition at all events, avoid all the pitfalls that surround his path. The necessary information has to be picked up in fragments from some hundreds of volumes of travels, or the Transactions and Journals of learned Societies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.