Earthen Long Barrows

Earthen Long Barrows
Author: David Field
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2006
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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David Field describes the origin of the neolithic long barrows and their construction, including the pits, standing stones and posts found beneath the later mounds, their location within the countryside and what this might mean for contemporary society.

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology
Author: Barbara Ann Kipfer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2013-06-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1475751338

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A modern, comprehensive compilation of more than 7,000 entries covering themes, concepts, and discoveries in archaeology written in nontechnical language and tailored to meet the needs of professionals, students and general readers. The main subject areas include artifacts; branches of archaeology, chronology; culture; features; flora and fauna; geography; geology; language; people; related fields; sites; structures; techniques and methods; terms and theories; and tools.

The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland

The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland
Author: Richard Bradley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2019-05-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108419925

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Highlights the achievements of prehistoric people in Britain and Ireland over a 5,000 year period.

Exploring Avebury

Exploring Avebury
Author: Steve Marshall
Publisher: History Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Avebury (England)
ISBN: 9780750967662

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Avebury in Wiltshire is best known as the world's largest stone circle, but surrounding it is a wealth of ancient monuments. Captivated by its unique atmosphere, many visitors form a personal, often spiritual, connection to Avebury and its 'sacred landscape'. What was it that first attracted people to the Avebury area more than 5,000 years ago?Beautifully illustrated with over 400 photographs, maps and diagrams, Exploring Avebury invites us on a journey of discovery. For the first time the importance of water, light and sound is revealed, and we begin to see Avebury through the eyes of those who built it.

Mapping Ancient Landscapes in Northamptonshire

Mapping Ancient Landscapes in Northamptonshire
Author: Alison Deegan
Publisher: English Heritage
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2013-02-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1848021690

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A record of the National Mapping Programme project in Northamptonshire. It recovered and mapped archaeological evidence from field systems, through settlement remains, to funerary monuments, and ranges from the Neolithic to the 20th century.

The Earthen Long Barrow in Britain

The Earthen Long Barrow in Britain
Author: Paul Ashbee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1970
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780460077552

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The Earthen Long Barrow in Britain

The Earthen Long Barrow in Britain
Author: Paul Ashbee
Publisher: Toronto, U. P
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1970
Genre: Funeral rites and ceremonies Great Britain
ISBN: 9780802015723

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Round Mounds and Monumentality in the British Neolithic and Beyond

Round Mounds and Monumentality in the British Neolithic and Beyond
Author: Jim Leary
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2010
Genre: History
ISBN:

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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.