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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 : William Jerome Harrison
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge and Its Barrows written by William Jerome Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rodney Castleden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134886373
Total Pages : 395 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 2002-11-01 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every generation has created its own interpretation of Stonehenge, but rarely do these relate to the physical realities of the monument. Rodney Castleden begins with those elements which made possible the building of this vast stone circle: the site, the materials and the society that undertook the enormous task of transporting and raising the great vertical stones, then capping them, all to a carefully contrived plan. What emerges from this detailed examination is a much fuller sense of Stonehenge, both in relation to all the similar sites close by, and in terms of the uses to which it was put. Castleden suggests that there is no one 'meaning' or 'purpose' for Stonehenge, that from its very beginning it has filled a variety of needs. The Romans saw it as a centre of resistance; the antiquaries who 'rediscovered' it in the seventeenth century saw a long line of continuity leading back into the nation's past. The archaeologists see it as a subject for rational, scientific investigation; The National Trust and English Heritage view it as an unfailing magnet for visitors; UNESCO has declared it a World Heritage Site, the cultural property of the whole of humanity. Lost to view amid competing interests over the millenia are the uses it has served for those who live within its penumbra, for whom Stonehenge has never been 'lost' or 'rediscovered'. It exists in local myth and legend, stretching back beyond history.
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 : 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 Parker Pearson
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1615191720
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (151 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge - A New Understanding: Solving the Mysteries of the Greatest Stone Age Monument written by Mike Parker Pearson and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most authoritative, important book on Stonehenge to date.”—Kirkus, starred review Stonehenge stands as an enduring link to our prehistoric ancestors, yet the secrets it has guarded for thousands of years have long eluded us. Until now, the millions of enthusiasts who flock to the iconic site have made do with mere speculation—about Stonehenge’s celestial significance, human sacrifice, and even aliens and druids. One would think that the numerous research expeditions at Stonehenge had left no stone unturned. Yet, before the Stonehenge Riverside Project—a hugely ambitious, seven-year dig by today’s top archaeologists—all previous digs combined had only investigated a fraction of the monument, and many records from those earlier expeditions are either inaccurate or incomplete. Stonehenge—A New Understanding rewrites the story. From 2003 to 2009, author Mike Parker Pearson led the Stonehenge Riverside Project, the most comprehensive excavation ever conducted around Stonehenge. The project unearthed a wealth of fresh evidence that had gone untouched since prehistory. Parker Pearson uses that evidence to present a paradigm-shifting theory of the true significance that Stonehenge held for its builders—and mines his field notes to give you a you-are-there view of the dirt, drama, and thrilling discoveries of this history-changing archaeological dig.
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 : Robin Heath
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802713858
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge written by Robin Heath and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the mysteries surrounding Stonehenge, including who built it, what it was used for, and how it was built.
Author : Rodney Castleden
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134953518
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book The Stonehenge People written by Rodney Castleden and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-31 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1990. Of all the monuments left by the past, Stonehenge is the most evocative, the most memorable and the most mysterious. Whilst the monuments of other cultures have gradually surrendered their mysteries, Stonehenge alone seems to stimulate endless conjecture. Rodney Castleden's vivid presentation of the world of the megaliths answers many of the most baffling questions about Stonehenge. There are, he stresses, few absolute certainties, but from the vast body of evidence assembled during the last hundred years it is now possible to get much closer to the truth than ever before. Who built the monuments and for what purpose? How were the bluestones moved from the sacred mountains of the west to Salisbury Plain? Who were the people responsible for this amazing undertaking, and what did they think and believe?
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 : Robert Henry Cunnington
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge and Its Date written by Robert Henry Cunnington and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Herbert Stone
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
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Download or read book The Stones of Stonehenge written by Edward Herbert Stone and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Reliquary and Illustrated Archæologist written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rosamund Cleal
Publisher : Historic England
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge in Its Landscape written by Rosamund Cleal and published by Historic England. This book was released on 1995 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed discussion of the structural history of Stonehenge derived from the primary records of the excavations carried out between 1901 and 1964. The evidence for the uses of the monument from the Middle Neolithic to the present day are discussed in their contemporaneous landscape and social settings.
Author : Michael Parker Pearson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 085720730X
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge written by Michael Parker Pearson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-07 with total page 433 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.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Encyclopedia Americana written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : British Archaeological Association
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
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Download or read book Journal of the British Archaeological Association written by British Archaeological Association and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
