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The stone circles of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany / Aubrey Burl.
Penn Museum Library GN805 .B8699 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burl, Aubrey.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stone circles--Great Britain.
- Stone circles.
- Stone circles--Ireland.
- Ireland.
- Stone circles--France--Brittany.
- Great Britain--Antiquities.
- Great Britain.
- Antiquities.
- Ireland--Antiquities.
- Brittany (France)--Antiquities.
- Brittany (France).
- France--Brittany.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 462 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- The spectacular stone circles of western Europe, some nearly 6000 years old, have intrigued viewers through the ages. This beautiful book about these megalithic rings explores their ancestry, methods of construction, and eventual desertion. A substantially revised version of Aubrey Burl's highly praised work The Stone Circles of the British Isles, it offers new insights into the purpose of stone circles. It also provides a new interpretation of Stonehenge and of Callanish in Scotland, the first overview of the cromlechs in Brittany, a discussion of the problems of archaeoastronomy as related to stone circles, a greatly expanded Gazetteer, and an up-to-date list of radiocarbon dates and recent excavations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [438]-455) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300083475
- OCLC:
- 43083391
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