The Old Stones - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Old Stones write by Andy Burnham. This book was released on 2018-09-18. The Old Stones available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of Current Archaeology’s Book of the Year Discover the iconic standing stones and prehistoric sites of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland—this comprehensive, coffee table travel guide features over 750 must-see destinations, with maps and color photographs The ultimate insiders’ guide, The Old Stones gives unparalleled insight into where to find prehistoric sites and how to understand them, by drawing on the knowledge, expertise and passion of the archaeologists, theorists, photographers and stones aficionados who contribute to the world’s biggest megalithic website—the Megalithic Portal. Including over 30 maps and site plans and hundreds of color photographs, it also contains scores of articles by a wide range of contributors—from archaeologists and archaeoastronomers to dowsers and geomancers—that will change the way you see these amazing survivals from our distant past. Locate over 1,000 of Britain and Ireland’s most atmospheric prehistoric places, from recently discovered moorland circles to standing stones hidden in housing estates. Discover which sites could align with celestial bodies or horizon landmarks. Explore acoustic, color, and shadow theory to get inside the minds of the Neolithic and Bronze Age people who created these extraordinary places. Find out which sites have the most spectacular views, which are the best for getting away from it all and which have been immortalized in music. And don't forget to visit the Megalithic Portal website and get involved by posting your discoveries online. All royalties from this book go to support the running of the Megalithic Portal: www.megalithic.com.
New Approaches to Old Stones
New Approaches to Old Stones - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Approaches to Old Stones write by Yorke M. Rowan. This book was released on 2016-04-08. New Approaches to Old Stones available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ground stone artefacts were widely used in food production in prehistory. However, the archaeological community has widely neglected the dataset of ground stone artefacts until now. 'New Approaches to Old Stones' offers a theoretical and methodological analysis of the archaeological data pertaining to ground stone tools. The essays draw on a range of case studies - from the Levant, Egypt, Crete, Anatolia, Mexico and North America - to examine ground stone technologies. From medieval Islamic stone cooking vessels and late Minoan stone vases, to the use of stone in ritual and as a symbol of luxury, 'New Approaches to Old Stones' offers a radical reassessment of the impact of ground-stone artefacts on technological change, production and exchange.
Standing with Stones
Standing with Stones - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Standing with Stones write by Rupert Soskin. This book was released on 2009. Standing with Stones available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ireland.
A Toast to the Old Stones
A Toast to the Old Stones - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Toast to the Old Stones write by Denzil Meyrick. This book was released on 2021-11-04. A Toast to the Old Stones available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'a wonderfully atmospheric tale ... offers a brief, magical escape to a kinder, simpler time' – Roger Cox, The Scotsman It's 1968, and the fishermen of Kinloch are preparing to celebrate the old New Year on the twelfth of January. The annual pilgrimage to the Auld Stones is a tradition that goes back beyond memory, and young Hamish, first mate on the Girl Maggie, is chuffed that he's been invited to this exclusive gathering – usually reserved for the most senior members of Kinloch's fishing community. Meanwhile, it appears that the new owners of the Firdale Hotel are intent upon turning their customers teetotal, such is the exorbitant price they are charging for whisky. Wily skipper Sandy Hoynes comes up with a plan to deliver the spirit to the thirsty villagers at a price they can afford through his connections with a local still-man. But when the Revenue are tipped off, it looks as though Hoynes and Hamish's mercy mission might run aground. Can the power of the Auld Stones come to their rescue, and is the reappearance of a face from Hoynes' past a sign for good or ill?
Megalithomania
Megalithomania - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Megalithomania write by John Michell. This book was released on 2007-04-03. Megalithomania available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A feast of extraordinary theories and personalities centred around the mysterious standing stones of antiquity. John Michell tells the incredible story of the amazing reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical, legendary, mystical or visionary.
