Prehistoric Wiltshire

Author : Bob Clarke
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445623900
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prehistoric Wiltshire written by Bob Clarke and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at Wiltshire's archaeology from widely acknowledged expert, Bob Clarke.

Author : David Field
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445648423
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Prehistoric Wiltshire written by David Field and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete story of the area known for the famous Stonehenge, Avebury, Silbury Hill.

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Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.

Author : Joanna Bruck
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000939553
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Places In The Prehistoric World written by Joanna Bruck and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999. This groundbreaking volume addresses issues central to the study of prehistoric settlement including group memory, the transmission of ideology and the impact of mobility and seasonality on the construction of social identity. Building on these themes, the contributors point to new ways of understanding the relationship between settlement and landscape by replacing Capitalist models of spatial relations with more intimate histories of place.

Author : Caroline Malone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781850742531
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prehistoric Monuments of Avebury written by Caroline Malone and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avebury stone circle is over 4000 years old. It is one of the largest prehistoric henges in Britain, and has been designated as a World Heritage Site. This is an account of Avebury's ceremonial sites, ancient avenues and barrows.

Author : Sarah Semple
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199683107
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England written by Sarah Semple and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Represents an unparalleled exploration of the place of prehistoric monuments in the Anglo-Saxon psyche, and examines how Anglo-Saxon communities perceived and used these monuments during the period AD 400-1100.

Author : Caroline Dakers
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1787350452
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fonthill Recovered written by Caroline Dakers and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fonthill, in Wiltshire, is traditionally associated with the writer and collector William Beckford who built his Gothic fantasy house called Fonthill Abbey at the end of the eighteenth century. The collapse of the Abbey’s tower in 1825 transformed the name Fonthill into a symbol for overarching ambition and folly, a sublime ruin. Fonthill is, however, much more than the story of one man’s excesses. Beckford’s Abbey is only one of several important houses to be built on the estate since the early sixteenth century, all of them eventually consumed by fire or deliberately demolished, and all of them oddly forgotten by historians. Little now remains: a tower, a stable block, a kitchen range, some dressed stone, an indentation in a field. Fonthill Recovered draws on histories of art and architecture, politics and economics to explore the rich cultural history of this famous Wiltshire estate. The first half of the book traces the occupation of Fonthill from the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century. Some of the owners surpassed Beckford in terms of their wealth, their collections, their political power and even, in one case, their sexual misdemeanours. They include Charles I’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the richest commoner in the nineteenth century. The second half of the book consists of essays on specific topics, filling out such crucial areas as the complex history of the designed landscape, the sources of the Beckfords’ wealth and their collections, and one essay that features the most recent appearance of the Abbey in a video game.

Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300090871
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prehistoric Avebury written by Aubrey Burl and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent book is a fascinating account of the prehistoric stone circles at Avebury, which not only II date from an earlier era but are also larger than the more famous sarsen stone circle of Stonehenge. Written by a leading archaeologist, the book considers every aspect of Avebury's history and construction and discusses the probable purpose of these massive structures, in the process creating a vivid and moving picture of their creators -- a primitive people whose lives were brief, savage, and fearful.

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Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anthony Emery
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139449199
Total Pages : 756 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: Volume 3, Southern England written by Anthony Emery and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third volume of Anthony Emery's magisterial survey, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500, first published in 2006. Across the three volumes Emery has examined afresh and re-assessed over 750 houses, the first comprehensive review of the subject for 150 years. Covered are the full range of leading homes, from royal and episcopal palaces to manor houses, as well as community buildings such as academic colleges, monastic granges and secular colleges of canons. This volume surveys Southern England and is divided into three regions, each of which includes a separate historical and architectural introduction as well as thematic essays prompted by key buildings. The text is complemented throughout by a wide range of plans and diagrams and a wealth of photographs showing the present condition of almost every house discussed. This is an essential source for anyone interested in the history, architecture and culture of medieval England and Wales.