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Author:   Rodney Castleden
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.560kg
ISBN:  

9780415040655

ISBN 10:   0415040655
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   29 March 1990
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, FOREWORD BY SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, INTRODUCTION, 1. THE MYSTERIOUS MONUMENT, PART 1: SETTLEMENT AND AGRICULTURE, 2. HERE IN THIS MAGIC WOOD, 3. HEARTH AND HOME, 4. THE BROKEN CIRCLE, PART 2: INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS, 5 OF THE EFFECTE OF CERTAINE STONE, 6. CLAY CIRCLES: THE FIRST POTTERY, 7. BY WHAT MECHANICAL CRAFT, 8. BY THE DEVIL’S FORCE, PART 3: THE CEREMONIAL MONUMENTS, 9. EARTH CIRCLES AND EARTH LINES: THE RITUAL FUNCTION, 10. THE OLD TEMPLES OF THE GODS, 11. DIALOGUE WITH DEATH, PART 4: PEOPLE, POLITY AND PHILOSOPHY, 12. THE LAUGHING CHILDREN, 13. THE PEACEFUL CITADEL, 14. THE GREAT MYSTERY, 15. THE SPEAKING STONES, CONCLUSION, 16. CHILDHOOD’S END, APPENDIX: CONVERSION TABLES FOR RADIOCARBON DATES, REFERENCES, INDEX

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The book is chock full of fascinating pictures and drawings. All told, a great read and browse for the curious. <br>- SSC Booknews <br> This richly illustrated book will give the reader profound insight into the mysteries and daily life of the ancient inhabitants of Britain. <br>- New Humanity <br>. . . his view of the shape and quality of land gives an extra dimension to what has been learned about . . . prehistoric populations . . . . well argued and consistent. <br>- The Atlantic <br>

`...readable and useful...where a new or alternative idea is presented, it is clearly described...well balanced in approach and style, taking the reader as far as the evidence is likely to allow and no further.' - Nature `This richly illustrated book will give the reader a profound insight into the mysteries and daily life of the ancient inhabitants of Britain.' - New Humanity `The book is an ambitious attempt to bring the Neolithic period to life.' - The London Archaeologist `A feast is in store for you. We are taken skilfully on an archaelogical tour of other ancient monuments and tombs in Britain and Ireland without ever getting bored or distracted. You want to re-read the book and let your own imagination roam in those far off days and see what implications this has on our present day existence. A marvellous book.' - New Humanity `... readable and useful ... Wherever a new or alternative idea is presented it is clearly described ... well balanced in approach and style, taking the reader as far as the evidence is likely to allow and no further.' - Nature `This imaginative book ... [contains] a richness of expression not usually encountered in archaeological books ... The book is an ambitious attempt to bring the Neolithic period to life, and the author has some interesting and sometime provocative statements to make.' - The London Archaeologist `This richly illustrated book will give the reader a profound insight into the mysteries and daily life of the ancient inhabitants of Britain.' - New Humanity `A feast is in store for you. We are taken skilfully on an archaeological tour of other ancient monuments and tombs in Britain and Ireland, without ever getting bored or distracted. You want to re-read the book and let your own imagination roam in those far off days and see what implications this has on our present day existence. A marvellous book.' - New Humanity

The book is chock full of fascinating pictures and drawings. All told, a great read and browse for the curious. - SSC Booknews This richly illustrated book will give the reader profound insight into the mysteries and daily life of the ancient inhabitants of Britain. - New Humanity . . . his view of the shape and quality of land gives an extra dimension to what has been learned about . . . prehistoric populations . . . . well argued and consistent. - The Atlantic

Author Information

Rodney Casdeden is a geographer and geomorphologist by training and has been actively involved in research on landscape processes and prehistory for the last twenty years. He is also the author of The Knossos Labyrinth (1989), Minoans (1990) and The Making of Stonehenge (I993).

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