"This handbook gathers original, authoritative articles from leading archaeologists to compile in a single place the latest thinking about archaeological methods. Topics range from theoretical models undergirding research to concrete strategies for field work and laboratory analysis. Public archaeology topics such as curation, collaboration, funding, and publication are also included among the 34 chapters in the book. Chapters are author ..."
Stonehenge Complete(4th Edition) (Fourth Edition) por ChristopherChippindale Paperback, 320 Páginas, Publicado 2012 por Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-28966-2, ISBN: 0-500-28966-2
"“All you ever wanted to know about Stonehenge is catalogued in this humorously written,beautifully illustrated book.” —The Economist For the fourth edition of this classic account, Christopher Chippindale has revised and expanded the story to include the most up-to-date theories and discoveries. People have puzzled over Stonehenge for centuries, speculating and dreaming about it, drawing and painting it, trying to make sense of it. Here ..."
"From the high plains of Canada to caves in the southeastern United States, images etched into and painted on stone by ancient Native Americans have aroused in observers the desire to understand their origins and meanings. Rock paintings and engravings can be found in nearly every state and province, and each region has its own distinctive story of discovery and evolving investigation of the rock art record. Rock art in the twenty-first ..."
"Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2004. Pages: 220 in Publisher: Camidge University Press A companion to The Archaeology of Rock-Art (Camidge 1998). this new collection edited by Christopher Chippindale and George Nash addresses the most important component around the rock- art panel - its landscape. The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world for rock-art and ..."
"Since its first and prize-winning edition of 1983, Stonehenge Complete has established itself as the classic account of this most famous of ancient places. For this new edition, Christopher Chippindale has revised and updated the story to include the latest theories and discoveries. People have puzzled over Stonehenge for centuries, speculating and dreaming about it, drawing and painting it, trying to make sense of it. Here is the story ..."
"This handbook gathers original, authoritative articles from leading archaeologists to compile the latest thinking about archaeological theory. The authors provide a comprehensive picture of the theoretical foundations by which archaeologists contextualize and analyze their archaeological data. Student readers will also gain a sense of the immense power that theory has for building interpretations of the past, while recognizing the wonde ..."
"This handbook gathers original, authoritative articles from leading archaeologists to compile the latest thinking about archaeological theory. The authors provide a comprehensive picture of the theoretical foundations by which archaeologists contextualize and analyze their archaeological data. Student readers will also gain a sense of the immense power that theory has for building interpretations of the past, while recognizing the wonde ..."
"Rock-art - the ancient images which still scatter the rocky landscapes of Europe - is a singular kind of archaeological evidence. Fixed in place, it does not move about as artefacts as trade objects do. Enigmatic in its meaning, it uniquely offers a direct record of how prehistoric Europeans saw and envisioned their own worlds. European Landscapes of Rock-Art provides a number of case studies, covering arange of European locations inclu ..."
"When the first edition of "Stonehenge Complete" was published, it won the British Archaeological Book Award. People have puzzled over Stonehenge for centuries: speculating and dreaming about it, drawing and painting it, trying to make sense of it. Here is the story of the one real Stonehenge, as well as the many unreal Stonehenge that archaeologists, tourists, mystics, astronomers, artists, poets and visionaries have made out of it. Thi ..."
Stonehenge Complete(Updated) por ChristopherChippindale Paperback, 296 Páginas, Publicado 1987 por Thames & Hudson Ltd Import ISBN-13: 978-0-500-27355-5, ISBN: 0-500-27355-3
"Stonehenge Complete by CHRISTOPHER CHIPPINDALE (1987)"
Stonehenge Complete Everything Important, Interesting or Odd That Has Been Written or Painted, Discovered or Imagined, About the Most Extraordinary Ancient Building in the World por ChristopherChippindale Paperback, 296 Páginas, Publicado 1987 por Cornell Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-9451-2, ISBN: 0-8014-9451-6
"The style of Geoffrey of Monmouth's history is best appreciated by reading it in
Lewis Thorpe's standard translation, The History of the Kings of Britain llotes In
the notes that follow, the abbreviation 'WANHS' indicates material in the library of
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Stonehenge Complete [Hardcover] por ChristopherChippindale Hardcover, 296 Páginas, Publicado 1983 por Thames & Hudson Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-500-05043-9, ISBN: 0-500-05043-0
"Here is the story of the one real Stonehenge, as well as the many unreal Stonehenges that archaeologists, tourists, mystics, astronomers, artists, poets, and visionaries have made out of it."
Stonehenge Complete(1st Edition) Everything Important, Interesting or Odd That Has Been Written or Painted, Discovered or Imagined, About the Most Extraordinary Ancient Building in the World por ChristopherChippindale Hardcover, 296 Páginas, Publicado 1983 por Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-1639-2, ISBN: 0-8014-1639-6
"The purpose of Seeing and Knowing is to demonstrate the depth and wide geographical impact of David Lewis-Williams' contribution to rock art research by emphasizing theory and methodology drawn from ethnography. Contributors explore what it means to understand and learn from rock art, and a contrast is drawn between those sites where it is possible to provide a modern, ethnographic context, and those sites where it is not. This is the d ..."
"This collection focuses on David Lewis-Williams and the extent of his personal impact on the field of rock art research. It is largely through his work that San rock art has come to be understood so well, as a complex symbolic and metaphoric representation of San religious beliefs and practices. The purpose of this volume is to demonstrate the depth and wide geographical impact of Lewis-Williams’ contribution, with particular emphasis o ..."
"This superb collection of colour photographs explores the remains of a ceremonial landscape created by settled farming communities in Britain between c.3500 and 800 BC. Examples from Wales are included."
"Looking at the subject of Dolmens, the huge ruins of ancient chamber tombs which are among the most striking and widespread relics of ancient Europe, this book stresses their importance for archaeologists, because of what they tell us about prehistoric burial rites and the insights they give into the structure of ancient society and the pattern of prehistoric religion. Until the 1970s, when radiocarbon dating overturned the old order in ..."
"The purpose of Seeing and Knowing is to demonstrate the depth and wide geographical impact of David Lewis-Williams' contribution to rock art research by emphasizing theory and methodology drawn from ethnography. Contributors explore what it means to understand and learn from rock art, and a contrast is drawn between those sites where it is possible to provide a modern, ethnographic context, and those sites where it is not. This is the ..."
"Algunes reflexions sobre la cronologia de la pintura rupestre Llevantina, in R. Vilardell and X. Llovera (eds) Estat de la ... Preliminary findings at the 'organ' sanctuary in the cave of Nerja, Málaga, Spain, Oxford Journal of Archaeology 3: 1 –14."