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Megaliths in Prehistoric Europe
Books concentrating on megalithic tombs and monuments in prehistoric Europe.
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Places of Special Virtue: Megaliths in the Neolithic landscapes of Wales
by Vicki Cummings and Alasdair Whittle
This volume explores the landscape settings of megalithic chambered monuments in Wales. Set against a broader theoretical discussion on the significance of the landscape, the authors consider the role of visual landscapes in prehistory, meanings attached to the landscape, and the values and beliefs invested in it. Wales is rich in Neolithic monuments, but the general absence of certain classic monumental forms found in the rest of Britain and ...
Paperback. Price US$80.00
Megalithic Research in the Netherlands, 1547-1911
by J. A. Bakker
This book contains a detailed account of the earliest research carried out in the Dutch megalithic tombs. Dating from the Middle Neolithic these Stone Age monuments have continually triggered people's imagination. The earliest theories about their origin involved mythical creatures such as giants and witches. This richly illustrated books tracks the different ideas and theories through time and is a treasure for all those interested in Stone Age ...
Paperback. Price US$52.00
Where the River Bends - Under the Boughs of Trees: Strandvägen, a Late Mesolithic Settlement in Eastern Middle Sweden
by Tom Carlsson
The publication focuses on the Strandvägen site located in the town of Motala, Östergötland, Sweden. The volume looks at what shaped the material expression at the site during five hundred years of the 6th millennium BC (5500 - 5000 B.C). Several empirical studies of the material culture are conducted and presented in order to compare their various spatial connections and social relations between individuals and groups. The changes ...
Hardback. Price US$36.00
Megaliths from Antiquity
edited by Timothy Darvill and Caroline Malone
The third volume of Antiquity Papers explores the ever intriguing theme of British and European megaliths. Thirty-six papers examine four principal themes in megalithic studies. Concerning the earliest monuments, the great tombs and dolmens, papers range from Daniel's early studies of British dolmens to more recent debates. The perennial interest in Stonehenge and Avebury has figured prominently in Antiquity and is brought fully up to ...
Paperback. Price US$35.00
Stonehenge and the Timber Circles of Britain and Europe
by Alex Gibson
Shadowed by their counterparts in stone, the influence of the timber circle on later stone structures, such as Stonehenge, is often overlooked by the casual observer. Alex Gibson introduces us to the timber circles of Britain, Eire, the Netherlands, France and Germany, dating from 3000 BC to the Roman Conquest. Reconstructing such monuments remains controversial and evidence relating to their construction and function is discussed alongside the ...
Paperback. Price US$35.00
Great Stone Circles: Fables, Fictions, Facts
by Aubrey Burl
Aubrey Burl brings the 'awe-inspiring' and 'enigmatic' stones to life, once again, by reconstructing the social history of Swinside in the Lake District, 'describing the builders, their way of life, and the ceremonies they performed inside their lovely ring'. He writes in such a lively and engaging manner, separating the fables and the fictions from the facts, that it is difficult to deride the man, and no doubt his many megalith-follower fans ...
Hardback. Price US$30.00
Prehistoric Stone Circles
by Aubrey Burl
Rewritten to include new material and research, this excellent summary describes stone circles, including Stonehenge, and shows how we are gradually coming to an understanding of their significance.56p, 28 b/w photos, 4 figs (Shire 1988, repr 1997)
Paperback. Price US$8.95
Excavations at the Devil's Quoits, Stanton Harcourt
by Alistair Barclay, Margaret Gray and George Lambrick
Report on three seasons of excavation conducted in advance of gravel extraction in 1972, 1973 and 1988 at the Devil's Quoits circle-henge monument near Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. While the stones have gone, evidence has been uncovered for the complete plan. The stratigraphy of the henge ditch (including analysis of sediments and soils) is described. Investigations in the interior uncovered very little pottery but struck flint and animal ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$32.00, Our Price US$19.98
The Chambered Cairns of Caithness
by James L. Davidson and Audrey S. Henshall
The Caithness cairns have been resurveyed since they were decsribed in the long out-of-print first volume of Audrey Henshall's The Chambered Tombs of Scotland. This volume provides a detailed and up-to-date account of the seventy eight Neolithic chambered cairns known in Caithness and a full description of their contents. The book begins with an introduction to the Caithness cairns and an interpretation of their significance.
177p ...
Hardback. Price US$14.98
Antiquarians at the Megaliths
edited by Magdalena S Midgley
Papers from the session Antiquarians at the Megaliths presented at the XV UISPP World Congress, Lisbon, 2006. Contents: 1) Antiquarians at the megaliths: Introductory thoughts (Magdalena S. Midgley); 2) Chronicle of megalith research in the Netherlands, ...
Paperback. Price US$67.50
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