LEADER 03395nam 2200481z 450 001 9910645995203321 005 20240131145628.0 010 $a1803271272 035 $a(CKB)5700000000103249 035 $a(NjHacI)995700000000103249 035 $a(ScCtBLL)49c8c7d3-5a74-4475-84d2-83147514a93c 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31203945 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31203945 035 $a(EXLCZ)995700000000103249 100 $a20220726h20222022 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe circular archetype in microcosm $ethe carved stone balls of late neolithic Scotland /$fChris L. Stewart-Moffitt 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford :$cArchaeopress Publishing Ltd.,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) $cillustrations (chiefly colour), maps (colour) 225 1 $aArchaeopress Archaeology 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aForeword and Acknowledgements ; Chapter One: Introduction ; Chapter Two: Scotland: Early people and the environment ; Chapter Three: Antiquarian, Archaeological and New Age ideas regarding CSBs ; Chapter Four: The Geology of Scotland and Materiality of Carved Stone Balls ; Chapter Five: Landscape and CSB Distribution ; Chapter Six: CSB links to Monuments and other Artefacts ; Chapter Seven: The Classification of Carved Stone Balls and a Revised Typology ; Chapter Eight: CSB Decoration and their Revised Classification/Typology ; Chapter Nine: Origin, skill, lifecycle, use and demise ; Chapter Ten: Conclusions and Future Research ; Coda ; Bibliography ; Appendix One (Online) Master Carved Stone Ball Database 2021 ; Appendix Two (Online) Introduction to Gazetteer ; Appendix Three: CSB Skill Assessment ; Appendix Four: Cast/Replica Carved Stone Balls. 330 $aThe Circular Archetype in Microcosm is the culmination of seven years research into the Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scotland. It is the first study of these enigmatic artefacts since that undertaken by Dorothy Marshall in 1977 and includes all currently known examples in both museums and private hands, described and analysed in considerable detail. For the first time, visual geological characterisation has been undertaken on approximately a third of carved stone balls, which has enabled a more detailed analysis of their potential origin and the landscapes in which they were found. The book offers a revised classification/typology of these artefacts which, following careful analysis, suggests that it is possible to determine individual craftspeople with a wide range of skills. It suggests that carved stone balls were used as unique and distinctive gestalts that represented the ideology of the core area of Aberdeenshire and enabled disparate groups to recognise one another. 410 0$aArchaeopress archaeology. 606 $aStone carving$zScotland$xHistory 606 $aNeolithic period$zScotland 607 $aScotland$xAntiquities 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aStone carving$xHistory. 615 0$aNeolithic period 676 $a930.14 700 $aStewart-Moffitt$b Chris L.$01344413 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 912 $a9910645995203321 996 $aThe circular archetype in microcosm$93069364 997 $aUNINA