From Carnac to Callanish: Prehistoric Stone Rows of Britain, Ireland and Brittany (Hardback)
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|Short Description for From Carnac to Callanish Discusses the stone lines which were the focus of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over 2000 years. Drawing on excavations, megalithic art, astronomical analyses and legends, Burl discusses their construction, how and why they were erected and what function they served.
Full description- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Published: 01 December 1993
- Format: Hardback 302 pages
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- Categories: Society & Culture: General | British & Irish History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Prehistoric Archaeology
- ISBN 13: 9780300055757 ISBN 10: 0300055757
- Sales rank: 1,263,948
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Full description for From Carnac to Callanish
This book discusses the lines of standing stones that until now have been the neglected wonders of prehistoric Europe, rows that were foci of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over two thousand years. Places such as Carnac in Brittany and Callanish in the Hebrides are visited by many visitors each year, but before now there has been no book that seriously explains the history, significance and background to these impressive sites. Aubrey Burl shows that the settings vary from pairs of isolated stones in the far south-west of Ireland to networks of long lines in Scotland, Dartmoor and Brittany, and describes the types in a sequence of architectural chapters that stress the increasing social and commercial connections between regions hundred of miles apart. He uses information from a wide variety of sources - excavation reports, megalithic art, astronomical analyses and legends - to provide explanations of why the rows were erected, when, and what they may have been used for.
