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Author : Edgar Barclay
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Stonehenge and Its Earth-works written by Edgar Barclay and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Nutt
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge and Its Earthworks written by David Nutt and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : EDGAR. BARCLAY
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ISBN 13 : 9781033823422
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (234 download)
Download or read book STONEHENGE AND ITS EARTH-WORKS written by EDGAR. BARCLAY and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edgar Barclay
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666006820
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge and Its Earth-Works written by Edgar Barclay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stonehenge and Its Earth-Works: With Plans and Illustrations That the public take a lively interest in Stonehenge is well attested by the fact that in spite of its solitary situation it is so largely visited. Except during the inclement winter months, never a day passes without the arrival there of carriages, and often three or four different parties are present at the same time. The writer has witnessed over two hundred persons assembled to see the midsummer sunrise; and 3 a.m. Is not the most con. 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.
Author : Arthur Hadrian Allcroft
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Earthwork of England written by Arthur Hadrian Allcroft and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mike Pitts
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500777179
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book How to Build Stonehenge written by Mike Pitts and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2022-02-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Icon of the New Stone Age, sculptural and engineering marvel, symbol of national pride: there is nothing quite like Stonehenge. These great sarsen and bluestone slabs, arranged with simple, graphic genius, attract visitors from across the world. The monument stands silent in the face of the questions its unlikely existence raises: who built it? Why? How? There has been endless speculation about why Stonehenge was built, inspiring theories ranging from the academically credible to the improbable, but far less investigation into how. In the millennia since its creation, pieces of Stonehenge have been knocked over by heavy machinery, found their way to Florida (and back again), and been exposed to radioactive sodium, but the seemingly impossible endeavour of raising the stones with Neolithic technology has remained inexplicable until now. In the past decade ground-breaking discoveries, made possible by cutting-edge scientific techniques, have traced the precise provenance of the bluestones in Wales, but can we plot their journeys to the Salisbury Plain? And how might teams of labourers lacking machinery or even pack animals have dragged them 150 miles to the site? How did they carve joints into the sarsen boulders, among the hardest stones in the world, and then raise them into place? Mike Pitts draws on a lifetimes study to answer these questions, revealing how Stonehenge stood not in austere isolation, as we see it today, but as part of a wider world, the focus of a megalithic cosmology of belief, ritual and creativity.
Author : Lindsay Jones
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813937795
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)
Download or read book The Newark Earthworks written by Lindsay Jones and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered a wonder of the ancient world, the Newark Earthworks—the gigantic geometrical mounds of earth built nearly two thousand years ago in the Ohio valley--have been a focal point for archaeologists and surveyors, researchers and scholars for almost two centuries. In their prime one of the premier pilgrimage destinations in North America, these monuments are believed to have been ceremonial centers used by ancestors of Native Americans, called the "Hopewell culture," as social gathering places, religious shrines, pilgrimage sites, and astronomical observatories. Yet much of this territory has been destroyed by the city of Newark, and the site currently "hosts" a private golf course, making it largely inaccessible to the public. The first book-length volume devoted to the site, The Newark Earthworks reveals the magnitude and the geometric precision of what remains of the earthworks and the site’s undeniable importance to our history. Including contributions from archaeologists, historians, cultural geographers, and cartographers, as well as scholars in religious studies, legal studies, indigenous studies, and preservation studies, the book follows an interdisciplinary approach to shine light on the Newark Earthworks and argues compellingly for its designation as a World Heritage Site.
Author : Edgar Barclay
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Ruined Temple Stonehenge written by Edgar Barclay and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rodney Castleden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134886381
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book The Making of Stonehenge written by Rodney Castleden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Castleden suggests that there is no one `meaning' or `purpose' for Stonehenge, that from its very beginning it has filled a variety of needs.
Author : Rosemary Hill
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847650759
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge written by Rosemary Hill and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stonehenge is woven into the earliest Arthurian legends and has been analysed by everyone from archaeologists, to town planners, to the Druids who have made it their spiritual home. By refusing to adopt one theoretical position, Rosemary Hill provides the most wide-ranging and expansive history of the megalithic structure to date, from its creation in 3000 BC to the threat of the thunderous main roads that flank it today.
Author : Edgar Barclay
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge and Its Earth-works. With Plans and Illustrations. By Edgar Barclay, R.P.E., Author of "Mountain Life in Algeria". written by Edgar Barclay and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heywood Sumner
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Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (872 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Earthworks of the New Forest written by Heywood Sumner and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Suzaan Boettger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520241169
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Earthworks written by Suzaan Boettger and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her examination of Earthworks relationship to the ecology movement perceptively corrects a popular misconception about the artists goals while acknowledging the social and cultural complexities of the period."
Author : iMinds
Publisher : iMinds Pty Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1921746424
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (217 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge written by iMinds and published by iMinds Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the history of Stonehenge with iMinds insightful knowledge series. Five thousand years ago, at the same time as the pyramids were being constructed in Egypt, another monolithic structure was being built in the English county now known as Wiltshire. This structure, a complex series of earthworks and towering standing stones, is one of Europe's most famous prehistorical sites. But while we know quite a lot about who built the pyramids, and how and why they were constructed, we know very little about Stonehenge. Was it an astronomical observatory? A place of magic and ritual? A burial ground? A place of healing? The debate still rages. iMinds brings targeted knowledge to your eReading device with short information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind.
Author : Graham Phillips
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1591432987
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Wisdomkeepers of Stonehenge written by Graham Phillips and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals how Stonehenge was an extraordinary astronomical calendar used in the cultivation of ingredients for long-forgotten botanical cures • Explores how Stonehenge and other stone circles were ancient healing sanctuaries and celestial calculators for the preparation of natural medicines • Explains how the megalithic priesthood--and their successors, the Druids--developed astonishing memory techniques to preserve knowledge over generations • Draws upon the very latest discoveries from recent archaeological excavations and overlooked historical source material Stonehenge is just one of thousands of stone circles erected throughout Britain and Ireland for over three millennia from 3,000 BC on. How did this building tradition survive for so long, over such a large area and with such complexity and uniformity, when the people of the British Isles lived in separate, isolated communities and left no evidence of a central leadership or obvious communication network? Graham Phillips argues that these stone circles are evidence of an astonishing system of healthcare and preservation of ancient medical knowledge that held together a society scattered across the British Isles. With stones aligned to the sun, moon, and certain stars, these ancient monuments enabled the precise timings necessary for the cultivation of medicinal plants. He explains how the megalithic priesthood possessed medical knowledge well beyond their time and may even have discovered a cure for cancer. Furthermore, because they had no form of writing, the megalithic people developed phenomenal memory techniques to preserve their knowledge over many generations, resulting in a class of wisdomkeepers that were not only healers but the living libraries of their culture. Drawing upon the latest discoveries from recent archaeological excavations and overlooked historical source material, Phillips reveals that the megalithic culture survived far longer than previously thought and that the people who held it together were an enigmatic shamanic sect ultimately called the Druids. Uncovering the secrets of ancient megalithic culture and the purpose of their enigmatic stone circles, Phillips contends that all the evidence has now been gathered to unlock the secrets encoded in the stones--and perhaps discover remedies for diseases still uncured by modern medicine today.
Author : Mike Parker Pearson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0857207334
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge written by Mike Parker Pearson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our knowledge about Stonehenge has changed dramatically as a result of the Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009), led by Mike Parker Pearson, and included not only Stonehenge itself but also the nearby great henge enclosure of Durrington Walls. This book is about the people who built Stonehenge and its relationship to the surrounding landscape. The book explores the theory that the people of Durrington Walls built both Stonehenge and Durrington Walls, and that the choice of stone for constructing Stonehenge has a significance so far undiscovered, namely, that stone was used for monuments to the dead. Through years of thorough and extensive work at the site, Parker Pearson and his team unearthed evidence of the Neolithic inhabitants and builders which connected the settlement at Durrington Walls with the henge, and contextualised Stonehenge within the larger site complex, linked by the River Avon, as well as in terms of its relationship with the rest of the British Isles. Parker Pearson's book changes the way that we think about Stonehenge; correcting previously erroneous chronology and dating; filling in gaps in our knowledge about its people and how they lived; identifying a previously unknown type of Neolithic building; discovering Bluestonehenge, a circle of 25 blue stones from western Wales; and confirming what started as a hypothesis - that Stonehenge was a place of the dead - through more than 64 cremation burials unearthed there, which span the monument's use during the third millennium BC. In lively and engaging prose, Parker Pearson brings to life the imposing ancient monument that continues to hold a fascination for everyone.
Author : Mark Bowden
Publisher : English Heritage
ISBN 13 : 9781848021167
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (211 download)
Download or read book The Stonehenge Landscape written by Mark Bowden and published by English Heritage. This book was released on 2015 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stonehenge is arguably the greatest prehistoric monument in western Europe; as a World Heritage Site it ranks in significance with such sites as the Acropolis of Athens, the Pyramids of Giza, Great Zimbabwe and Machu Picchu. Stonehenge sits at the heart of a landscape rich in other monuments and remains of the Neolithic period and Bronze Age that are also part of the World Heritage Site. Recent research by English Heritage's landscape archaeologists within the Stonehenge World Heritage Site has led to the identification of previously unknown sites and, perhaps even more importantly, the re-interpretation of known sites, including Stonehenge itself. This work has been carried out alongside recent and on-going independent research initiatives conducted by a number of academic institutions, involving international co-operation. This book presents the most significant findings of the English Heritage research and shows how it integrates with the results of work undertaken by colleagues in other research bodies. It traces human influence on the landscape from prehistoric times to the very recent past and presents an up-to-date synthesis of the results of recent fieldwork. It will be of value to anyone interested in Stonehenge itself, in megalithic monuments, in the Neolithic period and Bronze Age of Europe and in the historic evolution of chalkland landscapes.
