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Author : Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Long Barrows of the Cotswolds written by Osbert Guy Stanhope Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Timothy Darvill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Long Barrows of the Cotswolds written by Timothy Darvill and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Long barrows, with their massive tapering mounds and hidden burial chambers, bear witness to the architectural proficiency of our ancestors. Built by early farming communities between 4000 and 3000 B.C., they form part of western Europe's earliest surviving architecture. Today they are familiar features of our landscape, with over 200 examples scattered across the picturesque Cotswold Hills, north Wessex Downs, and the hills and vales west of the River Severn." "As well as exploring their design, construction and purpose, and the ceremonies that took place at these impressive structures, Professor Timothy Darvill examines their origins, considers their relationships with similar sites elsewhere in Britain, and shows how they acted as permanent focal points in a changing landscape."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : L.V. Grinsell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317604695
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Burial-mounds of England written by L.V. Grinsell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1936 and rewritten in 1953, this book embodies the results of the author’s extensive researches and fieldwork. Part one considers types of barrows and dating, their building and the cult of the dead from Palaeolithic to Saxon times. A chapter is dedicated to maps and another to fieldwork in particular, while the final bit of the introductory material discussed barrow-digging from the time of the Romans to the twentieth century. Part two is the regional surveys, from Cornwall to Kent and northwards to the Scottish border.
Author : Martin Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book People of the Long Barrows written by Martin Smith and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at the history of the study of human remains and how new scientific techniques have massively expanded what we know about our Neolithic ancestors.
Author : Frances Lynch
Publisher : Shire Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Megalithic Tombs and Long Barrows in Britain written by Frances Lynch and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers all the great tombs of the first farmers in Britain, both the earthen mounds and the huge stone chambers. The dramatic stone monuments of Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and the Cotswolds and the less awe-inspiring earth and timber megalithic tombs and long barrows of southern and north-eastern England are described and illustrated with plans and photographs. The various regional groups are defined and described in a series of short, well-illustrated sections and the book ends with a list of sites to visit covering monuments of each type in all parts of Britain.
Author : Glyn Edmund Daniel
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales written by Glyn Edmund Daniel and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1950 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. H. Weston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Gloucestershire written by W. H. Weston and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover title: A school history of Gloucestershire.
Author : Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Professional Papers written by Great Britain. Ordnance Survey and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glyn E. Daniel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110769762X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales written by Glyn E. Daniel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1950 book surveys what was known about prehistoric chamber tombs in England and Wales at the time of publication, reflecting on discoveries made through the excavation of numerous tombs in the previous fifty years. This book will be of value to anyone interested in megalithic tombs and the development of archaeology.
Author : Cotswold Voluntary Wardens
Publisher : Cotswold Way Association
ISBN 13 : 1739841603
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (398 download)
Download or read book The Cotswold Way Companion written by Cotswold Voluntary Wardens and published by Cotswold Way Association. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book will help you to get the most out of walking the Cotswold Way - perhaps the best loved of the UK's sixteen designated national trails. It’s special for two reasons: it focuses on the Cotswold Way's natural environment and its archaeology and history; and it’s the work of people with great knowledge and experience of the trail: members of the Cotswold Way Association (CWA), the charity set up in 2016 to promote its conservation and protection, and Cotswold Voluntary Wardens who patrol the trail and lead walks on it. Proceeds from the book, available as paperback and eBook, will go towards the trail’s upkeep and improvement. Chapter 1 spells out the book’s aims and illustrates the types of trail improvement the Cotswold Way Association funds. Chapter 2 introduces you to the Cotswolds that are the trail's setting - in particular, their geology, grasslands and woodland, distinctive settlement pattern of small towns and villages, vernacular architecture and historical monuments - ranging from Neolithic barrows and Iron-age hill forts to Roman villas, medieval castles, manor houses and ‘wool’ churches, along with several notable towers and beacons. Chapters 3-12 deal with the typically ten mile or so long stages of the annual Cotswold Way walks that Cotswold Voluntary Wardens lead. Each one draws attention to the stage's main points of interest and beauty, highlighting a major theme such as outstanding flora and fauna or grand estates or impact of the wool trade and cloth making.
Author : Alan Saville
Publisher : English Heritage
ISBN 13 : 1848021615
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Hazleton North written by Alan Saville and published by English Heritage. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hazleton North is an Early Neolithic chambered long cairn of the Cotswold-Severn group, which was selected for total excavation between 1979 and 1982 after survey showed continued damage from ploughing. This trapezoidal long cairn is an example of the laterally-chambered type of tomb with two very similar L-shaped chambered areas near its centre, entered from opposite sides of the monument. Particular attention is given to two aspects which make Hazleton North of outstanding importance for the study of Neolithic chambered cairns in Britain: the details of the cairn construction and the burial remains. The account is supported by a full range of specialist studies, including analysis of the artefacts, human and animal bones, plant and molluscan remains, soils, geology, and numerous radiocarbon samples, and is concluded by a discussion of the results of the excavation and its significance for the study of Cotswold-Severn cairns and the earlier Neolithic of the region.
Author : John North
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416576460
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Stonehenge written by John North and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-09-10 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that Stonehenge's scientific purpose was to observe the setting midwinter sun, and that astronomical observations made by the ancient Britons were as rational and methodical as they are today.
Author : Alistair Marshall
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1789697069
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)
Download or read book Orientation of Prehistoric Monuments in Britain: A Reassessment written by Alistair Marshall and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reassesses major axial alignment at many megalithic ritual and funerary monuments (Neolithic to Bronze Age) in Britain and Ireland, not in terms of abstract astronomical concerns, but as an expression of repeated seasonal propitiation involving community, agrarian economy and ancestry in an attempt to mitigate variable environmental conditions.
Author : Sarah Tarlow
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191650382
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial written by Sarah Tarlow and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial reviews the current state of mortuary archaeology and its practice, highlighting its often contentious place in the modern socio-politics of archaeology. It contains forty-four chapters which focus on the history of the discipline and its current scientific techniques and methods. Written by leading, international scholars in the field, it derives its examples and case studies from a wide range of time periods, such as the middle palaeolithic to the twentieth century, and geographical areas which include Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia. Combining up-to-date knowledge of relevant archaeological research with critical assessments of the theme and an evaluation of future research trajectories, it draws attention to the social, symbolic, and theoretical aspects of interpreting mortuary archaeology. The volume is well-illustrated with maps, plans, photographs, and illustrations and is ideally suited for students and researchers.
Author : Julian Thomas
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521403771
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Rethinking the Neolithic written by Julian Thomas and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1991-10-31 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neolithikum - Wirtschaftsgeschichte - Saskralgebäude.
Author : Jim Leary
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Round Mounds and Monumentality in the British Neolithic and Beyond written by Jim Leary and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2010 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design, geometry, and the metamorphosis of monuments / David Field -- " --a place where they tried their criminals" : Neolithic round mounds in Perth and Kinross / Kenneth Brophy -- Scotland's Neolithic non-megalithic round mounds : new dates, problems, and potential / Alison Sheridan -- Tynwald Hill and the round mounds of the Isle of Man / Timothy Darvill -- Recent work on the Neolithic round barrows of the upper Great Wold Valley, Yorkshire / Alex Gibson and Alex Bayliss -- "One of the most interesting barrows ever examined" : Liffs Low revisited / Roy Loveday and Alistair Barclay -- Neolithic round barrows on the Cotswolds / Timothy Darvill -- Silbury Hill : a monument in motion / Jim Leary -- The brood of Silbury? : a remote look at some other sizeable Wessex mounds / Martyn Barber [and others] -- The mystery of the hill / Jonathan Last -- The formative henge : speculations drawn from the circular traditions of Wales and adjacent counties / Steve Burrow -- Monumentality and inclusion in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland / Geraldine Stout -- Round mounds containing portal tombs / Tatjana Kytmannow -- Native American mound building traditions / Peter Topping -- The round mound is not a monument / Tim Ingold.
Author : Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199679452
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Britain Begins written by Barry Cunliffe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the origins of the British and the Irish peoples, from the end of the last Ice Age around 10,000BC to the eve of the Norman Conquest - who they were, where they came from, and how they related to one another.
