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Author : Jeffrey Lord
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780523212012
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Bronze Axe written by Jeffrey Lord and published by . This book was released on 1973-07-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathleen Fidler
Publisher : Floris Books
ISBN 13 : 1782505415
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (825 download)
Download or read book The Boy with the Bronze Axe written by Kathleen Fidler and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kathleen Fidler's classic story is set in the ancient Stone Age village of Skara Brae on Orkney. This is a fascinating and vividly portrayed story of life nearly 3,000 years ago. Kali and Brockan are in trouble. They have been using their stone axes to chip limpets off the rocks, but they've gone too far out and find themselves trapped by the tides. Then, an unexpected rescuer appears, a strange boy in a strange boat, carrying a strangely sharp axe of a type they have never seen before. Conflict arises as the village of Skara must decide what to do with the new ideas and practices that the boy brings. As a deadly storm threatens, the very survival of the village is in doubt. Step back into the Stone Age and learn about the daily life and rituals of the ancient village of Skara Brae in this compelling, fictional account of the famous Orkney settlement. Vivid descriptions and accurate historical details bring the village to life and make this an ideal choice for those studying the Stone Age curriculum.
Author : Jeffrey Lord
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780523212012
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Bronze Axe written by Jeffrey Lord and published by . This book was released on 1973-07-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven Harper
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504096886
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Iron Axe written by Steven Harper and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death asks a half-troll and his friends to save the world in this epic fantasy series debut by the author of the Clockwork Empire series. Although Danr is the son of a human mother, his father was one of the hated Stanes, trolls from the mountains. Now the barrel-chested teenager is condemned to hard labor on a farm where he endures taunts of “Troll boy” from the others. Yet no matter how bad things get, he always remembers the advice of his recently departed mother: be gentle and do not unleash the monster inside. One of Danr’s few friends in the village, Aisa, was sold into slavery by her father and is now controlled by an abusive man. She keeps herself covered from head to toe and dreams of a better future. She and Danr hope to escape and make their way to freedom, but a series of dark events soon stirs up chaos. Strange creatures come down from the mountains, slaughtering villagers. Spirits of the dead haunt the land, terrifying those that are still alive. As rumors spread about the Stanes’ involvement, Danr decides to find out the truth, taking Aisa and an amnesiac new friend with him. Soon they are called up by Death herself to set things right. At Death’s request, the group sets out to recover the Iron Axe. Crafted by the dwarves, it is capable of restoring balance in the world—and destroying it, too. Along the way, Danr must call upon the monster within to face fierce and fantastic creatures while discovering truths that will change their lives forever. “[Turns] common tropes on their heads. . . . [Harper’s] reinterpretations of trolls, giants, and fae folk give this series opener a fresh feeling, while his nods to Norse mythology and folklore root it strongly in fantasy tradition.Readers will be eager to see what’s in store for Aisa and Danr.” —Publishers Weekly “Brought back fond memories of a classic fantasy book while still offering a wonderfully unique take on the genre. . . . Steven Harper created a world that I never got tired of exploring.” —The Qwillery “The story holds all of the adventure, magic, and mystery I have come to expect from the genre. . . .[It] follows a hero’s journey . . . with energy and artfulness.” —Wicked Little Pixie
Author : H.R. Heekeren
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401509093
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)
Download or read book The Bronze-Iron Age of Indonesia written by H.R. Heekeren and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of metal casting was imported into Indonesia, but its peoples mastered the secrets of metallurgy, and applied these, in ways often original and unique, to create their own distinctive civilisation of the Bronze-Iron Age. In this handbook, which is a sequal to my The Stone Age of Indo nesia, I have endeavoured to assemble a comprehensive picture of the Indonesian Bronze-Iron Age from the results of excavations, innumerable stray finds in museums, and various studies scattered among numerous scientific journals and periodicals (often difficult to obtain). The resulting picture can, of course, be a tentative one only, valid until many more scientific excavations have taken place. I have added a bibliography, as complete as it was possible to assemble. The completion of this summary of the Prehistory of Indonesia has been assisted by a grant-in-aid from the Wenner Gren Foundation "The Viking Fund", New York. I am grateful to Mr. Basoeki and Mr. Soebokastowo for the drawings of Figures 1, 11, 12, 13, 22 and 16, 23, 24, 25 respectively. Figures 2-10 and 15 were drawn by the well-known artist, the late Mas Pirngadie, and are here published for the first time, with the generous permission of the Board of Directors of the "Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen", Djakarta. I am deeply grateful to my brother-in-law, Mr. J. H. Reiseger of Kempston, Bedfordshire, for so willingly undertaking the translation of the Dutch text into English.
Author : Jeffrey Lord
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (612 download)
Download or read book The Bronze Axe written by Jeffrey Lord and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles A. Heavrin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Axe and Man written by Charles A. Heavrin and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful book that covers the vast range of axes used throughout time and throughout the world, starting with the early stone hand-axes of the paleolithic period through the flint, copper, and bronze axes of early civilizations, the early iron axes of the medieval ages, and the production of steel axes made possible by the Industrial Revolution. Included are discussions of all axe types from celts to hand axes, tomahawks to hatchets, pebble tools to broad axes, plus a chapter on special axes. The author gives detailed descriptions of the axes, how they were made and the materials used, and the evolution of their design over time. Accompanying the descriptions are over 100 photographs of the axes, many seen only in museums. The axe was one of man's earliest tools, and remained one of his most important almost until the present day. Yet over the tens of thousands of years of its use, the changes in its design have been surprisingly small. What have changed dramatically are its methods and materials of fabrication, reflecting the advances in man's technological skills. Students of the history of technology and tool collectors alike will find this a fascinating boo
Author : Stuart Needham
Publisher : Archaeopress Archaeology
ISBN 13 : 9781784917401
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (174 download)
Download or read book The Classification of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Copper and Bronze Axe-Heads from Southern Britain written by Stuart Needham and published by Archaeopress Archaeology. This book was released on 2018 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a comprehensive classification of the morphology of early metal age axe-heads, chisels and stakes from southern Britain. It is illustrated by a type series of 120 representative examples. Despite their relative simplicity, flat and early flanged axes from Britain and Ireland show considerable diversity in form. The main variation lies in outline shapes and the classification scheme arrived at therefore depends on careful evaluation of condition, followed by rigorous analysis of shape using metrical ratios. This ensures objectivity in both the formulation of the scheme and future object attributions, for which guidelines are given. Comparative material in northern Britain and Ireland is systematically referred to and a few crucial Continental parallels noted. Hoards and other associated finds, essential in underpinning the chronology, are cited throughout. The style sequence outlined spans nine centuries of evolution, a regional trajectory which was nevertheless inextricably tied to axe developments in northern Britain, Ireland and, to a lesser extent, the near Continent. While technological advance is apparent at the broad scale, this was not the sole driver of the style changes taking place. The study will be indispensable for those researching early metalwork, those concerned with European Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age cultures and those interested in patterns of style-cum-technological development.
Author : M. H. G. Kuijpers
Publisher : Sidestone Press
ISBN 13 : 9088900159
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (889 download)
Download or read book Bronze Age Metalworking in the Netherlands (c. 2000-800 BC) written by M. H. G. Kuijpers and published by Sidestone Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost fifty years ago J. J. Butler started his research to trace the possible remains of a Bronze Age metalworker's workshop in the Netherlands. Yet, while metalworking has been deduced on the ground of the existence of regional types of axes and some scarce finds related to metalworking, the smith's workplace has remained elusive. In this Research Master Thesis I have tried to tackle this problem. I have considered both the social as well as the technological aspects of metalworking to be able to determine conclusively whether metalworking took place in the Netherlands or not. The first part of the thesis revolves around the social position of the smith and the social organization of metalworking. My approach entails a re-evaluation of the current theories on metalworking, which I believe to be unfounded and one-sided. They tend to disregard production of everyday objects of which the most prominent example is the axe. The second part deals with the technological aspects of metalworking and how these processes are manifested in the archaeological record. Based on evidence from archaeological sites elsewhere in Europe and with the aid of experimental archaeology a metalworking toolkit is constructed. Finally, a method is presented which might help archaeologists recognize the workplace of a Bronze Age smith.
Author : Francis Pryor
Publisher : English Heritage
ISBN 13 : 1848021518
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)
Download or read book The Flag Fen Basin written by Francis Pryor and published by English Heritage. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Flag Fen Basin has been the subject of nearly continuous archaeological research since about 1900. This research sheds new light on the Neolithic landscape, on the Iron Age and Roman landscapes, and on the changing environmental conditions since the earlier Neolithic.
Author : David Miles
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500051860
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Tale of the Axe written by David Miles and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the New Stone Age shaped our world Approximately 12,000 years ago, early humans in western Asia and Europe who had been itinerant foragers, subsisting on what food they could find, slowly began settling in one place. They farmed and domesticated animals, created new tools, built monuments, and began preserving and storing food. What brought about this shift? What difference did it make to the overall population? And what effects did this Neolithic Revolution have on generations to come? The Tale of the Axe explores the New Stone Age—named for the new types of stone tools that appeared at that time, specifically the ground stone axe—taking Britain as its focus. David Miles takes the reader on a journey through Neolithic Britain by way of its ancestors, geographical neighbors, and the species from which humans emerged before turning an eye to the future and those aspects of the Neolithic Revolution that live on today: farming, built communities, modern man, and much more.
Author : C. F. E. Pare
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Metals Make the World Go Round written by C. F. E. Pare and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains bibliographic references. Bronze and the Bronze Age / Christopher Pare -- Circulation of copper in the early Bronze Age in mainland Greece : the lead isotope evidence from Lerna, Lithares and Tsoungiza / Maria Kayafa, Sophie Stos-Gale and Noel Gale -- Trade in metals in the Bronze Age Mediterranean : an overview of lead isotope data from provenance studies / Sophie Stos-Gale -- 'Buried' metal in late Minoan inheritance customs / Evanthia Baboula -- Circulation of metals and the end of the Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean / Susan Sherratt -- Sicilian hoards and protohistoric metal trade in the central West Mediterranean / Claudio Giardino -- Metals make the world go round : the copper supply for Frattesina / Mark Pearce -- Metallurgy and social dynamics in the later prehistory of Mediterranean Spain / Margarita DÃ◆az-Andreu and Ignacio Montero -- Patronage and clientship ; a model for the Atlantic final Bronze Age in the Iberian Peninsula / Richard Harrison and Alfredo Mederos MartÃ◆n -- Mining, processing and distribution of bronze : reflections on the organization of metal supply between the northern Alps and the Danube region / Stefan Winghart -- Rent asunder : ritual violence in late Bronze Age hoards / Louis Nebelsick -- Metal circulation, communication and traditions of craftsmanship in late Bronze Age and early Iron Age Europe / Christoph Huth -- Hoarding and the circulation of metalwork in late Bronze Age Denmark : quantification and beyond / Koen Verlaeckt -- Late Bronze Age axe hoards in western and northern Europe / Regina Maraszek -- Value and exchange of bronzes in the Baltic area and in north-east Europe / Andrzej Pydyn -- Introduction to weight systems in the Bronze Age east Mediterranean : the case of Kalavasos-Ayios Dhimitrios / Hanne Lassen -- Balance weights from the late Bronze Age shipwreck at Uluburun / Cemal Pulak -- Weight systems and exchange networks in Bronze Age Europe / Marisa Ruiz-Gálvez.
Author : Kathleen Fidler
Publisher : Floris Books
ISBN 13 : 1782500901
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (825 download)
Download or read book The Desperate Journey written by Kathleen Fidler and published by Floris Books. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twins Kirsty and David Murray are forced to leave their crofting home in the north of Scotland, and struggle to cope with life in Glasgow, where the work is hard and dangerous. Then comes a chance for a new adventure on a ship bound for Canada. Will they survive the treacherous Atlantic crossing, and what will they find in the strange new land? The Desperate Journey is Kathleen Fidler's best-known story, a true Scottish classic whose thrilling plot will keep children gripped till the end.
Author : Steven Pressfield
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553897713
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (538 download)
Download or read book Last of the Amazons written by Steven Pressfield and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession. The author of the international bestsellers Gates of Fire and Tides of War delivers his most gripping and imaginative novel of the ancient world–a stunning epic of love and war that breathes life into the grand myth of the ferocious female warrior culture of the Amazons. Steven Pressfield has gained a passionate worldwide following for his magnificent novels of ancient Greece, Gates of Fire and Tides of War. In Last of the Amazons, Pressfield has surpassed himself, re-creating a vanished world in a brilliant novel that will delight his loyal readers and bring legions more to his singular and powerful restoration of the past. In the time before Homer, the legendary Theseus, King of Athens (an actual historical figure), set sail on a journey that brought him into the land of tal Kyrte, the “free people,” a nation of proud female warriors whom the Greeks called “Amazons.” The Amazons, bound to each other as lovers as well as fighters, distrusted the Greeks, with their boastful talk of “civilization.” So when the great war queen Antiope fell in love with Theseus and fled with the Greeks, the mighty Amazon nation rose up in rage. Last of the Amazons is not merely a masterful tale of war and revenge. Pressfield has created a cast of extraordinarily vivid characters, from the unforgettable Selene, whose surrender to the Greeks does nothing to tame her; to her lover, Damon, an Athenian warrior who grows to cherish the wild Amazon ways; to the narrator, Bones, a young girl from a noble family who was nursed by Selene from birth and secretly taught the Amazon way; to the great Theseus, the tragic king; and to Antiope, the noble queen who betrayed tal Kyrte for the love of Theseus. With astounding immediacy and extraordinary attention to military detail, Pressfield transports readers into the heat and terror of war. Equally impressive is his creation of the Amazon nation, its people, its rituals and myths, its greatness and savagery. Last of the Amazons is thrilling on every page, an epic tale of the clash between wildness and civilization, patriotism and love, man and woman.
Author : Charles Higham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521565059
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (65 download)
Download or read book The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia written by Charles Higham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-06-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the controversy over the origins of the Bronze Age of Southeast Asia. Charles Higham provides a systematic and regional presentation of the current evidence. He suggests that the adoption of metallurgy in the region followed a period of growing exchange with China. Higham then traces the development of Bronze Age cultures, identifying regionality and innovation, and suggesting how and why distinct cultures developed. This book is the first comprehensive study of the period, placed within a broader comparative framework.
Author : Vin Davis
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781789258080
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Stone Axe Studies III written by Vin Davis and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book builds upon the model of the first volume published in 1979. It explores how scholars from various parts of the world currently approach these distinctive items.
Author : John Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland written by John Evans and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
