Exploring Megalithic Europe

Amazing Sites to See for Yourself

Julian Heath (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2019
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-2091-0 (ISBN)

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Countless reminders of prehistoric life still survive in the wide landscapes of Europe, but none are arguably as fascinating or awe-inspiring as the huge stone monuments built by its Neolithic and Bronze Age European societies. These ‘megalithic’ (after the Greek megas: great, and lithos: stone) structures can still be found scattered in their thousands across Europe, taking many different forms, but all providing a tentative and mysterious link to its distant past.
From the Mediterranean to the colder climes of Scandinavia, this book takes readers on a journey through Europe, examining its diverse range of megalithic monuments, also looking at what insights these remarkable structures may provide into the ancient communities who were responsible for their construction.

Julian Heath earned both bachelor’s and a master’s degrees in archaeology at the University of Liverpool. He specialized in the prehistoric archaeology of western Europe and Egyptology. Since leaving university, he has gone on to publish and illustrate several books on prehistoric Archaeology/Egyptology such as: Life in Copper Age Britain, Warfare in Neolithic Europe, Sacred Circles, Archaeological Hotspot Egypt. He has also contributed articles to Ancient Egypt magazine. Heath contributed illustrations to the British Museum’s Dictionary of Ancient Egypt and two children’s books (Stories from Ancient Egypt & Stories from Ancient Greece and Rome) written by the respected Egyptologist and author, Joyce Tyldesley. He has also worked as a finds illustrator (this involves the accurate drawing of ancient artefacts for publication, following set technical conventions) with Liverpool University missions to sites in Egypt.

Chapter 1. An Introduction to Megalithic Europe
Chapter 2. The Heartland of Megalithic Europe
Chapter 3. French and Swiss Megalithic Tombs
Chapter 4. Megalithic Iberia
Chapter 5. Megaliths of the Mediterranean Islands
Chapter 6. The Stone Circles of Britain and Ireland
Chapter 7. Stonehenge and Avebury
Chapter 8. English Megalithic Tombs
Chapter 9. Welsh Megalithic Tombs
Chapter 10. Irish Megalithic Tombs
Chapter 11. Scottish Megalithic Tombs
Chapter 12. Megalithic Germany and Holland
Chapter 13. Megalithic Scandinavia

Erscheinungsdatum	06.11.2019
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 238 mm
Gewicht	653 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Europa
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5381-2091-7 / 1538120917
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-2091-0 / 9781538120910
Zustand	Neuware