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Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Art in Northumberland by : Stan Beckensall
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Art in Northumberland written by Stan Beckensall and published by Tempus Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Northumberland is the most prolific, varied and important area of rock-art in Britain. This book, which includes every known site, relates the art to its landscape and monumental setting. This work follows naturally from the author's general work on rock art, British Prehistoric Rock Art and his recent widely acclaimed book Northumberland: Power of Place.
Book Synopsis Northumberland's Prehistoric Rock Carvings by : Stan Beckensall
Download or read book Northumberland's Prehistoric Rock Carvings written by Stan Beckensall and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Art in Britain by : Stan Beckensall
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Art in Britain written by Stan Beckensall and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this latest book the prolific Stan Beckensall returns to his principal specialism, Britains prehistoric rock art.
Book Synopsis Abstractions Based on Circles: Papers on prehistoric rock art presented to Stan Beckensall on his 90th birthday by : Paul Frodsham
Download or read book Abstractions Based on Circles: Papers on prehistoric rock art presented to Stan Beckensall on his 90th birthday written by Paul Frodsham and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-09-22 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Beckensall is renowned for his work, done on an entirely amateur basis, discovering, recording and interpreting Atlantic rock art in his home county of Northumberland and beyond. Presented on his 90th birthday, this diverse and stimulating collection of papers celebrates his crucial contribution to rock art studies, and looks to the future.
Book Synopsis Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art by : David Lewis-Williams
Download or read book Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art written by David Lewis-Williams and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2004-04-17 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe has the power to dazzle even the most jaded observers. Emerging from the narrow underground passages into the chambers of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira, visitors are confronted with symbols, patterns, and depictions of bison, woolly mammoths, ibexes, and other animals. Since its discovery, cave art has provoked great curiosity about why it appeared when and where it did, how it was made, and what it meant to the communities that created it. David Lewis-Williams proposes that the explanation for this lies in the evolution of the human mind. Cro-Magnons, unlike the Neanderthals, possessed a more advanced neurological makeup that enabled them to experience shamanistic trances and vivid mental imagery. It became important for people to "fix," or paint, these images on cave walls, which they perceived as the membrane between their world and the spirit world from which the visions came. Over time, new social distinctions developed as individuals exploited their hallucinations for personal advancement, and the first truly modern society emerged. Illuminating glimpses into the ancient mind are skillfully interwoven here with the still-evolving story of modern-day cave discoveries and research. The Mind in the Cave is a superb piece of detective work, casting light on the darkest mysteries of our earliest ancestors while strengthening our wonder at their aesthetic achievements.
Book Synopsis Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe by : Mr Richard Bradley
Download or read book Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe written by Mr Richard Bradley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along the Atlantic seaboard, from Scotland to Spain, are numerous rock carvings made four to five thousand years ago, whose interpretation poses a major challenge to the archaeologist. In the first full-length treatment of the subject, based largely on new fieldwork, Richard Bradley argues that these carvings should be interpreted as a series of symbolic messages that are shared between monuments, artefacts and natural places in the landscape. He discusses the cultural setting of the rock carvings and the ways in which they can be interpreted in relation to ancient land use, the creation of ritual monuments and the burial of the dead. Integrating this fascinating yet little-known material into the mainstream of prehistoric studies, Richard Bradley demonstrates that these carvings played a fundamental role in the organization of the prehistoric landscape.
Book Synopsis Signalling and Performance: Ancient Rock Art in Britain and Ireland by : Aron Mazel
Download or read book Signalling and Performance: Ancient Rock Art in Britain and Ireland written by Aron Mazel and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-08-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated volume presents a state of the art survey of the ancient rock art of Britain and Ireland. Bringing together new discoveries and new interpretations, it enhances our understanding and further establishes ancient British and Irish rock art as a significant archaeological assemblage worthy of attention and additional study.
Book Synopsis Open-Air Rock-Art Conservation and Management by : Timothy Darvill
Download or read book Open-Air Rock-Art Conservation and Management written by Timothy Darvill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While much has been achieved in understanding and managing weather effects and erosion phenomena affecting ancient imagery within the relatively protected environments of caves and rock-shelters, the same cannot be said of rock-art panels situated in the open-air. Despite the fact that the number of known sites has risen dramatically in recent decades there are few examples in which the weathering and erosion dynamics are under investigation with a view to developing proposals to mitigate the impact of natural and cultural processes. Most of the work being done in different parts of the world appears to be ad-hoc, with minimal communication on such matters between teams and with the wider archaeological community. This richly illustrated book evaluates rock-art conservation in an holistic way, bringing together researchers from across the world to share experiences of work in progress or recently completed. The chapters focus on a series of key themes: documentation projects and resource assessments; the identification and impact assessment of weathering/erosion processes at work in open-air rock-art sites; the practicalities of potential or implemented conservation interventions; experimentation and monitoring programs; and general management issues connected with public presentation and the demands of ongoing research investigations. Consideration is given to the conservation of open-air rock-art imagery from many periods and cultural traditions across the Old and New Worlds. This timely volume will be of interest to conservators, managers, and researchers dealing with aesthetic and ethical issues as well as technical and practical matters regarding the conservation of open-air rock-art sites.
Book Synopsis Petroglyphs and the Stars in Northumberland by : P. F. Tullet
Download or read book Petroglyphs and the Stars in Northumberland written by P. F. Tullet and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cup and ring petroglyphs are found widely in Northumberland, Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Spain, Portugal and further afield across the globe. They are mysterious and beautiful objects of art in the landscape, but, as this book explains, they are much more than that. Nine petroglyph sites in Northumberland are examined here, and are shown to have depicted the night sky above them in the Neolithic era to a high degree of accuracy. This opens up a whole new field of study because, together, the Northumberland petroglyphs make up a star atlas. Decoding them is likely to yield valuable astronomical information about the sky 4,500 years ago. This book provides the relevant astronomical background and explains carefully how these petroglyph motifs can be deciphered. It will be of interest to astronomers, archaeologists, conservationists of ancient monuments, and particularly to amateurs who would like a field guide on how to interpret the messages on these rocks for themselves.
Book Synopsis The Modern Antiquarian by : Julian Cope
Download or read book The Modern Antiquarian written by Julian Cope and published by HarperThorsons. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique guide to Britain's megalithic culture, rock n' roller Julian Cope provides an inspired fusion of travel, history, poetry, maps, field notes, and pure passion.
Download or read book Art as Metaphor written by Aron D. Mazel and published by Archaeopress. This book was released on 2007 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enigmatic, esoteric and fascinating, the rock-art of the British Isles has for a long time been a well-kept secret. However, over the last few decades hundreds of new rock art panels have been discovered and several regional surveys have been carried out. This volume brings together a carefully selected collection of papers that cover British prehistoric rock-art from over 10000 years ago.
Book Synopsis Northumberland (Slow Travel) by : Gemma Hall
Download or read book Northumberland (Slow Travel) written by Gemma Hall and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slow Northumberland Guide - Travel tips and expert advice including Newcastle and Tyne hotels and highlights, Pennine Hills, the Castle Coast and medieval history. This guide also features local pubs and cafés, walking routes, wildlife, birdwatching, Alnwick Castle and gardens, Hadrian's Wall, Kielder, Morpeth, Cheviot Hills and the Heritage Coast.
Book Synopsis The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany by : Aubrey Burl
Download or read book The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany written by Aubrey Burl and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacular stone circles of western Europe, some nearly 6000 years old, have intrigued viewers through the ages. This beautiful book about these megalithic rings explores their ancestry, methods of construction, and eventual desertion. A substantially revised version of Aubrey Burl's highly praised work The Stone Circles of the British Isles, it offers new insights into the purpose of stone circles. It also provides a new interpretation of Stonehenge and of Callanish in Scotland, the first overview of the cromlechs in Brittany, a discussion of the problems of archaeoastronomy as related to stone circles, a greatly expanded Gazetteer, and an up-to-date list of radiocarbon dates and recent excavations.
Book Synopsis Rituals of Death by : Stan Beckensall
Download or read book Rituals of Death written by Stan Beckensall and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2023-02-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all must die, and how society deals with the disposal is fascinating in the way it reflects the beliefs of the people of the time and ways in which they honor or do not honor the dead. Having excavated prehistoric burials, the author weighs carefully the evidence of what people might have thought of the dead through the way they buried them and what was put into the graves. These excavations were done mainly with the help of young people, and the way that this has been organised in order to get the maximum information has been an essential part of the task. The author provides much detail of this that makes it more interesting and personal. Burial customs change, so the book includes a section on events such as the Black Death and cholera to show how such catastrophes change people's minds and customs. The present problem of burial has been highlighted as it was then by the horror of an invisible disease, the effects of which we have to cope with. In the past the causes of the disease, when discovered, led to Public health inquiries into the causes, and to improvements in some burial grounds. The traditional burial in “God's little Acre' around a church provides with much information about people through their headstones and other monuments – something accessible to all who visit our churches today, and examples from Northumberland give a typical range of what we find there.
Book Synopsis Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding by : K. J. S. Boughey
Download or read book Prehistoric Rock Art of the West Riding written by K. J. S. Boughey and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Duchess of Northumberland's Little Book of Poisons, Potions and Aphrodisiacs by : The Duchess of Northumberland
Download or read book The Duchess of Northumberland's Little Book of Poisons, Potions and Aphrodisiacs written by The Duchess of Northumberland and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining the fascinating archive of the first Duchess of Northumberland with the expertise of Jane, the present duchess and the creator of the famous Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle, this gift book contains a collection of wonderful medicinal recipes passed down through generations. The reader will learn the secrets of the poisonous and curative properties of these plants and the more unusual varieties that have been cultivated and planted for centuries, and will discover how 'to make teethe whyte' and how 'to make heare growe'. Beautifully illustrated, The Duchess of Northumberland's Little Book of Poisons, Potions and Aphrodisiacs is the ideal gift for those with an interest in the wild plants of Britain, and for those with an interest in poisons and potions... The Duchess of Northumberland was responsible for the £35 million restoration of the 12 acres of walled garden at Alnwick Castle, which now includes the largest treehouse in the world and the famous Poison Garden. The Poison Garden remains one of the few places to have obtained permission from the Home Office to grow cannabis, opium poppies and catha edulis for display.
Book Synopsis Petroglyphs and the Stars in Northumberland by : P. F. Tullet
Download or read book Petroglyphs and the Stars in Northumberland written by P. F. Tullet and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cup and ring petroglyphs are found widely in Northumberland, Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Spain, Portugal and further afield across the globe. They are mysterious and beautiful objects of art in the landscape, but, as this book explains, they are much more than that. Nine petroglyph sites in Northumberland are examined here, and are shown to have depicted the night sky above them in the Neolithic era to a high degree of accuracy. This opens up a whole new field of study because, together, the Northumberland petroglyphs make up a star atlas. Decoding them is likely to yield valuable astronomical information about the sky 4,500 years ago. This book provides the relevant astronomical background and explains carefully how these petroglyph motifs can be deciphered. It will be of interest to astronomers, archaeologists, conservationists of ancient monuments, and particularly to amateurs who would like a field guide on how to interpret the messages on these rocks for themselves.
