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The circular archetype in microcosm : the carved stone balls of late neolithic Scotland / / Chris L. Stewart-Moffitt
| The circular archetype in microcosm : the carved stone balls of late neolithic Scotland / / Chris L. Stewart-Moffitt |
| Autore | Stewart-Moffitt Chris L. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps (colour) |
| Disciplina | 930.14 |
| Collana | Archaeopress Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Stone carving - Scotland - History
Neolithic period - Scotland |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 1803271272 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910645995203321 |
Stewart-Moffitt Chris L.
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| Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The neolithic of mainland Scotland / / edited by Kenneth Brophy, Gavin MacGregor and Ian Ralston [[electronic resource]]
| The neolithic of mainland Scotland / / edited by Kenneth Brophy, Gavin MacGregor and Ian Ralston [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Brophy Kenneth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 936.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Neolithic period - Scotland
Prehistoric peoples - Scotland |
| ISBN | 1-4744-1886-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Notes on the Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword: ‘The prehistory of my own lands, the lowlands’ -- Part I Scotland’s Mainland Neolithic in Context -- 1 Gordon Barclay: A Career in the Scottish Neolithic -- 2 Neolithic Pasts, Neolithic Futures: The Contemporary Socio-politics of Prehistoric Landscapes -- 3 ‘Very real shared traditions’ ? Thinking about Similarity and Difference in the Construction and Use of Clyde Cairns in the Western Scottish Neolithic -- 4 Who Were These People? A Sideways View and a Non-answer of Political Proportions -- 5 Pathways to Ancestral Worlds: Mortuary Practice in the Irish Neolithic -- PART II Non-megalithic Monuments -- 6 Hiatus or Hidden? The Problem of the Missing Scottish Upland Cursus Monuments -- 7 Making Memories, Making Monuments: Changing Understandings of Henges in Prehistory and the Present -- 8 Seeing the Wood in the Trees: The Timber Monuments of Neolithic Scotland -- PART III Pits, Pots and Practice -- 9 Life is the Pits! Ritual, Refuse and Mesolithic-Neolithic Settlement Traditions in North-east Scotland -- 10 On Ancient Farms: A Survey of Neolithic Potentially Domestic Locations in Lowland Scotland -- 11 The Neolithic Pottery from Balfarg/ Balbirnie Revisited -- 12 Pursuing the Penumbral: The Deposition of Beaker Pottery at Neolithic and Ceremonial Monuments in Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Scotland -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788294003321 |
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Brophy Kenneth
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2016 | ||
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The neolithic of mainland Scotland / / edited by Kenneth Brophy, Gavin MacGregor and Ian Ralston [[electronic resource]]
| The neolithic of mainland Scotland / / edited by Kenneth Brophy, Gavin MacGregor and Ian Ralston [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Brophy Kenneth |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 936.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Neolithic period - Scotland
Prehistoric peoples - Scotland |
| ISBN | 1-4744-1886-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Notes on the Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword: ‘The prehistory of my own lands, the lowlands’ -- Part I Scotland’s Mainland Neolithic in Context -- 1 Gordon Barclay: A Career in the Scottish Neolithic -- 2 Neolithic Pasts, Neolithic Futures: The Contemporary Socio-politics of Prehistoric Landscapes -- 3 ‘Very real shared traditions’ ? Thinking about Similarity and Difference in the Construction and Use of Clyde Cairns in the Western Scottish Neolithic -- 4 Who Were These People? A Sideways View and a Non-answer of Political Proportions -- 5 Pathways to Ancestral Worlds: Mortuary Practice in the Irish Neolithic -- PART II Non-megalithic Monuments -- 6 Hiatus or Hidden? The Problem of the Missing Scottish Upland Cursus Monuments -- 7 Making Memories, Making Monuments: Changing Understandings of Henges in Prehistory and the Present -- 8 Seeing the Wood in the Trees: The Timber Monuments of Neolithic Scotland -- PART III Pits, Pots and Practice -- 9 Life is the Pits! Ritual, Refuse and Mesolithic-Neolithic Settlement Traditions in North-east Scotland -- 10 On Ancient Farms: A Survey of Neolithic Potentially Domestic Locations in Lowland Scotland -- 11 The Neolithic Pottery from Balfarg/ Balbirnie Revisited -- 12 Pursuing the Penumbral: The Deposition of Beaker Pottery at Neolithic and Ceremonial Monuments in Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Scotland -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827808603321 |
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Brophy Kenneth
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Neolithic Scotland [[electronic resource] ] : timber, stone, earth and fire / / Gordon Noble
| Neolithic Scotland [[electronic resource] ] : timber, stone, earth and fire / / Gordon Noble |
| Autore | Noble Gordon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 936.1101 |
| Soggetto topico |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Scotland
Megalithic monuments - Scotland Neolithic period - Scotland |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-322-98130-2
1-280-53841-4 9786610538416 0-7486-2698-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COVER; Contents; Figures; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Scotland in the Neolithic: an introduction; CHAPTER TWO Islands in the fast lane: the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition; CHAPTER THREE Burning down the house: the destruction of timber structures; CHAPTER FOUR Planting trees, planting people: long and round barrows in eastern Scotland and beyond; CHAPTER FIVE Megalithic architecture in Atlantic Scotland; CHAPTER SIX The emergence of monument complexes; CHAPTER SEVEN The architecture of monumental landscapes; CHAPTER EIGHT The Early Bronze Age: deconstructing and rebuilding the past
Conclusion: timber, stone, earth and fireBibliography; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457359503321 |
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Noble Gordon
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| Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Neolithic Scotland [[electronic resource] ] : timber, stone, earth and fire / / Gordon Noble
| Neolithic Scotland [[electronic resource] ] : timber, stone, earth and fire / / Gordon Noble |
| Autore | Noble Gordon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 936.1101 |
| Soggetto topico |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Scotland
Megalithic monuments - Scotland Neolithic period - Scotland |
| ISBN |
1-322-98130-2
1-280-53841-4 9786610538416 0-7486-2698-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COVER; Contents; Figures; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Scotland in the Neolithic: an introduction; CHAPTER TWO Islands in the fast lane: the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition; CHAPTER THREE Burning down the house: the destruction of timber structures; CHAPTER FOUR Planting trees, planting people: long and round barrows in eastern Scotland and beyond; CHAPTER FIVE Megalithic architecture in Atlantic Scotland; CHAPTER SIX The emergence of monument complexes; CHAPTER SEVEN The architecture of monumental landscapes; CHAPTER EIGHT The Early Bronze Age: deconstructing and rebuilding the past
Conclusion: timber, stone, earth and fireBibliography; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784464703321 |
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Noble Gordon
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| Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Neolithic Scotland : timber, stone, earth and fire / / Gordon Noble
| Neolithic Scotland : timber, stone, earth and fire / / Gordon Noble |
| Autore | Noble Gordon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina | 936.1101 |
| Soggetto topico |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Scotland
Megalithic monuments - Scotland Neolithic period - Scotland |
| ISBN |
1-322-98130-2
1-280-53841-4 9786610538416 0-7486-2698-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COVER; Contents; Figures; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Scotland in the Neolithic: an introduction; CHAPTER TWO Islands in the fast lane: the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition; CHAPTER THREE Burning down the house: the destruction of timber structures; CHAPTER FOUR Planting trees, planting people: long and round barrows in eastern Scotland and beyond; CHAPTER FIVE Megalithic architecture in Atlantic Scotland; CHAPTER SIX The emergence of monument complexes; CHAPTER SEVEN The architecture of monumental landscapes; CHAPTER EIGHT The Early Bronze Age: deconstructing and rebuilding the past
Conclusion: timber, stone, earth and fireBibliography; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814484503321 |
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Noble Gordon
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| Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Professor Challenger and His Lost Neolithic World : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy / / Euan W. MacKie ; [with a foreword by Doug MacKie]
| Professor Challenger and His Lost Neolithic World : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy / / Euan W. MacKie ; [with a foreword by Doug MacKie] |
| Autore | MacKie Euan Wallace |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 146 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans (black & white) |
| Disciplina | 936.1 |
| Collana | Access Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Archaeoastronomy
Astronomy Megalithic monuments - Scotland Neolithic period - Scotland |
| ISBN | 1-78491-834-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents -- ; Chapter 1: The origins of the controversy -- ; 1.1. Thom's hypotheses -- ; 1.2. Methods of approach -- ; 1.3. Archaeological reaction to Thom's major publications in the 1960s and 1970s -- ; Chapter 2: Early hypothesis-testing in western Scotland -- ; 2.1. The Kintraw standing stone -- ; 2.2. The Cultoon stone circle on Islay -- ; 2.3. The stone circle in North Uist – Sornach Coir Fhinn -- ; 2.4. Brainport Bay, Argyll -- ; Chapter 3: Decisive tests in Orkney and Ireland -- ; 3.1. Introduction -- ; 3.2. Decisive tests in Orkney -- ; 3.3. Newgrange, Ireland -- 3.4. Maeshowe chambered cairn, Orkney -- ; 3.5. Ness of Brodgar (ceremonial centre) -- ; 3.6. A 'Beltane line'? -- ; 3.7. Julius Caesar's evidence -- ; 3.8. The Survey of the Ring of Brodgar -- ; Chapter 4: Research into Alexander Thom's fieldwork -- ; 4.1. Background and the work of Alexander Thom -- ; 4.2. Early reaction from British archaeology -- ; 4.3. Testing the Thom hypotheses -- ; 4.4. Reaction against Thom -- ; 4.5. Clive Ruggles test of the long alignment hypothesis -- ; 4.6. Further points about orientations and alignments -- ; 4.7. Evidence for anti-Thom prejudice -- ; 4.8. What kind of astronomical alignments would Neolithic wise men invent? -- ; 4.9. Ruggles' and Barclay's criticism of the author's views -- ; 4.10. Archaeological evidence for chiefdoms -- ; 4.11. The skills of the priesthood -- ; 4.12. Modern and ancient alignments and orientations -- ; Chapter 5: The probable astronomy and geometry of Stonehenge -- ; 5.1. The astronomy of Stonehenge: modern studies -- ; 5.2. A new look at the astronomy and geometry of Stonehenge -- ; 5.3. Conclusions -- ; 5.4. Other modern opinions -- ; 5.5. Appendix --
; Chapter 6: The Neolithic solar calendar, as seen on a kerb stone at Knowth, Ireland -- ; 6.1. Introduction -- ; 6.2. Independent evidence discovered at Knowth chambered cairn in Ireland -- ; 6.3. Is the Knowth fan-shaped pattern a calendar? -- ; 6.4. The fan-shaped design at Knowth -- Thomas' interpretation -- ; 6.5. A fresh look at the Knowth 'fan' -- ; 6.6. Conclusions concerning K15 -- ; Chapter 7: Current aspects of the research situation -- ; 7.1. A PhD thesis in 2016 -- ; 7.2. 'Inside the Neolithic mind: consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods' (Lewis-Williams and Pearce - 2005) -- ; 7.3. 'The Materiality of the Sky (2014)'. Proceedings of the 22nd annual SEAC conference in Malta in 2014 (edited by Fabio Silva, Kim Malville, Tore Lomsdalen and Frank Ventura) -- ; 7.4. Archaeoastronomy: the Journal of the Center for Archaeoastronomy -- ; 7.5. Astronomy before the telescope (edited by Christopher Walker - 1996) -- ; 7.6. The author's academic training -- ; 7.7. Conclusion -- Appendix: Is there plausible evidence that the Ness of Brodgar priesthood had any esoteric knowledge? -- ; A. Introduction -- ; B. Methodology -- ; C. Five standing stone sites that already look promising from visual inspection, plus one which turned out to be a dud -- ; D. Orientations of Buildings -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794796903321 |
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MacKie Euan Wallace
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| Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Professor Challenger and His Lost Neolithic World : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy / / Euan W. MacKie ; [with a foreword by Doug MacKie]
| Professor Challenger and His Lost Neolithic World : the compelling story of Alexander Thom and British archaeoastronomy / / Euan W. MacKie ; [with a foreword by Doug MacKie] |
| Autore | MacKie Euan Wallace |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 146 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans (black & white) |
| Disciplina | 936.1 |
| Collana | Access Archaeology |
| Soggetto topico |
Archaeoastronomy
Astronomy Megalithic monuments - Scotland Neolithic period - Scotland |
| ISBN | 1-78491-834-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents -- ; Chapter 1: The origins of the controversy -- ; 1.1. Thom's hypotheses -- ; 1.2. Methods of approach -- ; 1.3. Archaeological reaction to Thom's major publications in the 1960s and 1970s -- ; Chapter 2: Early hypothesis-testing in western Scotland -- ; 2.1. The Kintraw standing stone -- ; 2.2. The Cultoon stone circle on Islay -- ; 2.3. The stone circle in North Uist – Sornach Coir Fhinn -- ; 2.4. Brainport Bay, Argyll -- ; Chapter 3: Decisive tests in Orkney and Ireland -- ; 3.1. Introduction -- ; 3.2. Decisive tests in Orkney -- ; 3.3. Newgrange, Ireland -- 3.4. Maeshowe chambered cairn, Orkney -- ; 3.5. Ness of Brodgar (ceremonial centre) -- ; 3.6. A 'Beltane line'? -- ; 3.7. Julius Caesar's evidence -- ; 3.8. The Survey of the Ring of Brodgar -- ; Chapter 4: Research into Alexander Thom's fieldwork -- ; 4.1. Background and the work of Alexander Thom -- ; 4.2. Early reaction from British archaeology -- ; 4.3. Testing the Thom hypotheses -- ; 4.4. Reaction against Thom -- ; 4.5. Clive Ruggles test of the long alignment hypothesis -- ; 4.6. Further points about orientations and alignments -- ; 4.7. Evidence for anti-Thom prejudice -- ; 4.8. What kind of astronomical alignments would Neolithic wise men invent? -- ; 4.9. Ruggles' and Barclay's criticism of the author's views -- ; 4.10. Archaeological evidence for chiefdoms -- ; 4.11. The skills of the priesthood -- ; 4.12. Modern and ancient alignments and orientations -- ; Chapter 5: The probable astronomy and geometry of Stonehenge -- ; 5.1. The astronomy of Stonehenge: modern studies -- ; 5.2. A new look at the astronomy and geometry of Stonehenge -- ; 5.3. Conclusions -- ; 5.4. Other modern opinions -- ; 5.5. Appendix --
; Chapter 6: The Neolithic solar calendar, as seen on a kerb stone at Knowth, Ireland -- ; 6.1. Introduction -- ; 6.2. Independent evidence discovered at Knowth chambered cairn in Ireland -- ; 6.3. Is the Knowth fan-shaped pattern a calendar? -- ; 6.4. The fan-shaped design at Knowth -- Thomas' interpretation -- ; 6.5. A fresh look at the Knowth 'fan' -- ; 6.6. Conclusions concerning K15 -- ; Chapter 7: Current aspects of the research situation -- ; 7.1. A PhD thesis in 2016 -- ; 7.2. 'Inside the Neolithic mind: consciousness, Cosmos and the Realm of the Gods' (Lewis-Williams and Pearce - 2005) -- ; 7.3. 'The Materiality of the Sky (2014)'. Proceedings of the 22nd annual SEAC conference in Malta in 2014 (edited by Fabio Silva, Kim Malville, Tore Lomsdalen and Frank Ventura) -- ; 7.4. Archaeoastronomy: the Journal of the Center for Archaeoastronomy -- ; 7.5. Astronomy before the telescope (edited by Christopher Walker - 1996) -- ; 7.6. The author's academic training -- ; 7.7. Conclusion -- Appendix: Is there plausible evidence that the Ness of Brodgar priesthood had any esoteric knowledge? -- ; A. Introduction -- ; B. Methodology -- ; C. Five standing stone sites that already look promising from visual inspection, plus one which turned out to be a dud -- ; D. Orientations of Buildings -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821798303321 |
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MacKie Euan Wallace
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| Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, , 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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