wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Stukeley's 'Stonehenge': An Unpublished Manuscript 1721-1724
ISBN: 9780300208467 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. William Stukeley (1667-1765), one of the first to conduct fieldwork at Stonehenge and to recognize its historic importance, meticulously recorded his findings in a manuscript that has remained unpublished for hundreds of years. That manuscript is transcribed here, accompanied by detailed annotations that confirm the value of Stukeley's archaeological research and set it apart from his later unsustainable theories and obsessions with Druids, which appeared in 'Stonehenge', the book he published in 1740. Trained as a medical doctor, Stukeley's interests were antiquarian and archaeological, with...
William Stukeley (1667-1765), one of the first to conduct fieldwork at Stonehenge and to recognize its historic importance, meticulously recorded his ...
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171,01 zł |
Prehistoric Astronomy and Ritual
ISBN: 9780747806141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Stonehenge was not an observatory used by druidical astronomer-priests, but instead an almighty monument in which the moon, the sun, and the dead were joined together. In this compelling book, archaeological expert Aubrey Burl explains how, more than four thousand years ago, people in the British Isles identified life and death with the cycle of midwinter and midsummer, and with the rising and setting of the sun and moon. It is for this reason that so many megalithic monuments have astronomical sightlines bult into them. This book explores the development of astronomical customes in the...
Stonehenge was not an observatory used by druidical astronomer-priests, but instead an almighty monument in which the moon, the sun, and the dead were...
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49,09 zł |
Prehistoric Stone Circles
ISBN: 9780747806097 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. For centuries, stone circles have excited the imagination of their visitors, while archaeologists, astronomers and anthropologists have argued about the purpose of these mysterious abandoned rings. In recent years, accurate surveys of many sites have revealed that these monuments were not simply roughly arranged stone circles, but instead elegantly designed ritual centers. Modern excavations have shown that the earliest circles were erected over five thousand years ago and that sightlines were often built into them towards the sun or moon. Whether in northern Scotland, western Ireland, Wales,...
For centuries, stone circles have excited the imagination of their visitors, while archaeologists, astronomers and anthropologists have argued about t...
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49,09 zł |
Four-Posters: Bronze Age Stone Circles of Western Europe
ISBN: 9780860545804 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Megalithic Rings: Plans and Data for 229 Monuments in Britain
ISBN: 9780860540946 / Angielski / Miękka / 1980 / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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586,95 zł |
Stone Rows and Standing Stones: Britain, Ireland and Brittany
ISBN: 9780860547082 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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675,68 zł |