A Date with the Two Cerne Giants : Reinvestigating an Iconic British Hill Figure (the National Trust Excavations 2020).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Michael J.

Contributor:

Michael J. Allen

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hill figures.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Windgather Press, 2024.

Summary:

This book, edited by Michael J. Allen, explores the history and archaeology of the Cerne Giant, an iconic hill figure in Britain. The text is a comprehensive study of the National Trust's 2020 excavations, featuring contributions from several experts. It delves into the methods and results of dating the giant, placing it within the context of local history and landscape. The book also examines the Cerne Giant's connection to early medieval history, the Saxon Abbey of Cerne, and broader cultural reflections on hill figures. Intended for an audience interested in archaeology, history, and cultural studies, the book contributes to understanding the significance and preservation of Britain's hill figures. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of figures and tables

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Foreword - Our Cerne Giant

Part 1 - THE CERNE GIANT: EXCAVATION AND DATING THE GIANT

Chapter 1 - Place, person and context: an introduction to the Cerne Giant

Chapter 2 - The new research: dating the Giant; reconnaissance, aims, and methods

Chapter 3 - Research results: fieldwork, dating and analysis

Chapter 4 - The Giant and the early medieval history of Cerne

Chapter 5 - Hide-and-Seek on a Dorset hillside

Chapter 6 - Know your Giant

Chapter 7 - The Giant’s story: the archaeological results considered

Part 2 - THE GIANT IN CONTEXT

Chapter 8 - The Saxon Abbey of Cerne: an introduction to the abbey and recent archaeological research

Chapter 9 - The tenth-century Cerne Abbey: Benedictine ecclesiastical reform and land management

Chapter 10 - The Cerne Giant: an antiquity on trial 1996: a summary

Chapter 11 - Why did we think the Giant was ancient?

Chapter 12 - Giant assumptions: locating chalk figures within prehistory

Chapter 13 - Images of the Giant

Chapter 14 - A research agenda for the Giant

Part 3 - GIANT CONSIDERATIONS: WIDER REFLECTIONS ON THE RESULTS

Chapter 15 - The Long Man of Wilmington: a progress report on a giant conundrum

Chapter 16 - I will survive: the continuing story of the Uffington White Horse

Chapter 17 - Two chalk giants: Wilmington and Cerne revisited

Chapter 18 - Implications of the hill figure dates

Chapter 19 - Heroes, kings and giants at assembly places

Chapter 20 - Wiltshire’s chalk equine hill figures: what’s the problem?

Chapter 21 - Hill figures in the landscape: contexts, survival and function Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781914427381

1914427386

OCLC:

1453195681