Megalithic Research in the Netherlands, 1547-1911 From 'Giant's Beds' and 'Pillars of Hercules' to accurate investigations

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakker, J. A. (Jan Albert)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Netherlands--History.

Archaeology.

Megalithic monuments--Netherlands.

Megalithic monuments.

Netherlands--Antiquities.

Netherlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden SIdestone Press 2009

Contents:

A. General Introduction; A1. What hunebeds are; A2. Modern hunebed research began in 1912; B. Research of Dutch hunebeds before 1912; B1. General remarks; The word hunebed ; 'Giants' become 'devils and demons'; Proper names for Dutch hunebeds; The terms 'altar' and 'dolmen'; B2. From Schonhovius (1547) to De Wilde (1904-1910); 1547: Schonhovius ; 1660: Picardt; 1685: Van Leeuwen; 1685: excavation of a megalithic tomb at Cocherel, France ; 1685-1694: excavation in D27-Borger (Brongersma, Smids) ; 1687 and 1700: Tollius's trip through Germany and Von Hennin's giant hunebed builders

1706: excavation in hunebed D17-Rolde 1711: Smids returns to the giants; 1730-1734: the shipworm and the legal protection of the hunebeds in Drenthe; 1732: Schoemaker, Pronk and De Haen visit hunebeds ; 1756-1760: Van Noorde's drawing and Van Lier's investigation of hunebed D13-Eext, and Vosmaer; 1768-1769: De Pauw; 1768-1781: Petrus Camper's hunebed drawings; 1774: Van Brussel; 1790: Engelberts; 1796-1808: Adriaan Camper and the prize contest about the ethnicity and date of the builders of the hunebeds ; 1809: discovery of hunebed D41-Emmen under a barrow; 1811-1822: Westendorp

1841: Magnin's attempt to give legal protection to the Drenthe hunebeds and barrows 1841 and 1849: Arend and Stratingh; 1840-1868: Janssen; Ownership, prohibition of destruction and of excavation of the hunebeds; How was a hunebed constructed? ; The life of the hunebed builders ; 1853-1856: the Hilversum hoax ; 1856-1862: Hofdijk; 1856-1887: the origin of the large hunebed stones; 1861 and 1867: Excavation and destruction of hunebed D49-Papeloze Kerk; 1867-1886: Gratama's successful action to protect the hunebeds ; 1871-1879: Franks, Lukis & Dryden

1867-1883: Pleyte, Leemans and Hooft van Iddekinge Ca. 1868 and following years: photographs of hunebeds; 1885: a wall painting of hunebed building, in Assen; 1904-1910: De Wilde ; 1886-1911: undocumented 'exploration' of hunebeds goes on; Regional Groups and the concept of a 'TRB culture'; About the author; List of the Dutch hunebeds; Provincie Fryslân / Province of Friesland; Province of Groningen; Province of Drenthe; Province of Overijssel; Province of Utrecht; Zusammenfassung; Beilage 2

Anhandlung Wedel; (2A)

Abhandlung über den Ursprung der alten Begräbnissdenkmäler im Departement Drenthe, zur Beantwortung der von der Kayserlichen Societaet der Wissenschaften zu Haarlem für den 1sten November 1812 aufgegebenen Preisfrage (2B) ; Steingräber bei Burg, Vitzdorf, Gahlendorf und Petersdorf auf Fehmarn; Burg und Oster-Kirchspiel [VIII. 144]; Petersdorf Ksp. [VIII. 146] ; Additional notes to some of the illustrations; Index of Dutch hunebeds and formerly supposed hunebeds [cists]; Index of Persons

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Print version Bakker, Jan Albert. Megalithic Research in the Netherlands, 1547-1911 : From 'Giant's Beds' and 'Pillars of Hercules' to accurate investigations

ISBN:

9088904286

9789088904288

OCLC:

967108729

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