From Carnac to Callanish: Prehistoric Stone Rows of Britain, Ireland and Brittany - Hardcover

Burl, Aubrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300055757 ISBN 13: 9780300055757

Verlag: Yale University Press, 1993

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Book by Burl Dr Aubrey

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Reseña del editor:

This book discusses the lines of standing stones that until now have been the neglected wonders of prehistoric Europe, rows that were foci of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over two thousand years. Places such as Carnac in Brittany and Callanish in the Hebrides are visited by many visitors each year, but before now there has been no book that seriously explains the history, significance and background to these impressive sites. Aubrey Burl shows that the settings vary from pairs of isolated stones in the far south-west of Ireland to networks of long lines in Scotland, Dartmoor and Brittany, and describes the types in a sequence of architectural chapters that stress the increasing social and commercial connections between regions hundred of miles apart. He uses information from a wide variety of sources - excavation reports, megalithic art, astronomical analyses and legends - to provide explanations of why the rows were erected, when, and what they may have been used for.

Biografía del autor:

Aubrey Burl was until his retirement Principal Lecturer in Archaeology at Hull College of Higher Education.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0300055757
• ISBN 13: 9780300055757
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 302