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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 : 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 : 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
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 : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Constable & Robinson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Stonehenge written by Aubrey Burl and published by Constable & Robinson. This book was released on 2006 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritatively researched, new insights into Stonehenge's past Britain's leading expert on stone circles turns his attention to the greatest example of them all - Stonehenge. Drawing on forty years of research and fieldwork, archaeologist Aubrey Burl offers a seminal new view of the changing cults and evolving architecture of Stonehenge. Every aspect of Stonehenge is re-considered in this groundbreaking volume. Burl explains for the first time how the outlying Heel Stone long predates Stonehenge itself, serving as a trackway marker in the prehistoric Harroway. He uncovers new evidence that the Welsh bluestones were brought to Stonehenge by glaciation rather than by man. And he reveals just how far the design of Stonehenge was influenced by Breton styles and by Breton cults of the dead. Meticulously researched, the book sets the record straight on the matter of Stonehenge's astronomical alignments. Although the existence of a sightline to the midsummer sunrise is well known, the alignment and the viewingposition are critically different from popular belief. And until now the existence of an earlier alignment to the moon and a later one to the midwinter sunset has been little appreciated. One almost unexplained puzzle remains. The site of Stonehenge lies at the heart of a vast six-mile wide graveyard. All around it are groups of earthen long barrows, the burial places of Neolithic people, many of whom died more than a thousand years before Stonehenge. The mystery is that before Stonehenge there was a vacuum two miles across inside that cemetery. Nothing was inside. Why? Burl points to an answer.
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 : Robert Henry Cunnington
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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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Anita Croy
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502627949
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)
Download or read book What Was Stonehenge For? written by Anita Croy and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stonehenge is one of the archaeological mysteries of the world. Experts are not entirely certain why Stonehenge was built, but there are clues that have aided them in working toward discovering its true purpose. Readers will learn about some of the theories archaeologists have about Stonehenges past and how there is not enough evidence to support their theories entirely. Maps, sidebars, and full-color photographs supplement information in the text to spark readers interest in learning more about Stonehenge.
Author : Edward Herbert Stone
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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:
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 : 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 : 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 : 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.
