Download or read book Cup stones prehistoric cult objects written by Augusto Gansser and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cup stones Prehistoric Cult objects written by Augusto Gansser and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Portals to Other Realms written by Gary R. Varner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated analysis of the mysterious cup-marked stones found around the world from Russia to California, Great Britain, Sardenia and Ethiopia. These ancient cup-marked stones have been created since the dawn of time. They appear on every continent and have almost identical characteristics. With so many of them still in existence and so many people aware of them one would think that current day archaeologists would know what they are-what they meant to ancient man. The sad fact is current science doesn't have anything more than theory, assumption and guess to go on. Were they used for healing? Did they signify the burial of great teachers, warriors and leaders? Were they used as star maps?
Download or read book Unlocking the Mystery of Cup and Ring Stones written by Conrad Riker and published by Conrad Riker. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you fascinated by ancient civilizations and their enigmatic ways? Have you ever wondered what could have been the purpose of those intriguing cup and ring stones? Well, fret no more! In this ultimate guide, we delve into the little-known world of these cryptic symbols, breaking down their origin, purpose, creation techniques, and cultural context. 1. Discover how cup and ring stones have baffled historians and enthusiasts alike for centuries. 2. Learn about the possible evolution of these symbols throughout ancient civilizations. 3. Grasp the immense significance of these enigmatic stones in understanding ancient societies and their social hierarchies. 4. Get a first-hand look at the applied creation techniques of cup and ring stones, exploring the practical aspects of their craftsmanship. 5. Delve into the fascinating theories behind the carving of these symbols, inspired by the possibilities of ritualistic or religious uses. 6. Uncover the role of cup and ring stones in their cultural context, shedding light on the understanding of ancient people's beliefs and values. 7. Marvel at the iconography and symbolic meanings hidden within these ancient stones, opening your eyes to a new world of prehistoric art and communication. 8. Discover how the presence of animistic symbols might provide clues about early beliefs and worship practices, giving you a glimpse into the spiritual life of long-gone societies. If you are ready to unlock the mystery of cup and ring stones and delve into the fascinating world of ancient civilizations, then buy this book today! You owe it to yourself to deepen your understanding of our human history and quench your thirst for knowledge. Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the captivating world of cup and ring stones.
Download or read book Hands written by Augusto Gansser and published by Vlg. Dr. C. Müller-Straten. This book was released on 1995 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memorie Lincee written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art written by Bruno David and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 1185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock art is one of the most visible and geographically widespread of cultural expressions, and it spans much of the period of our species' existence. Rock art also provides rare and often unique insights into the minds and visually creative capacities of our ancestors and how selected rock outcrops with distinctive images were used to construct symbolic landscapes and shape worldviews. Equally important, rock art is often central to the expression of and engagement with spiritual entities and forces, and in all these dimensions it signals the diversity of cultural practices, across place and through time. Over the past 150 years, archaeologists have studied ancient arts on rock surfaces, both out in the open and within caves and rock shelters, and social anthropologists have revealed how people today use art in their daily lives. The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art showcases examples of such research from around the world and across a broad range of cultural contexts, giving a sense of the art's regional variability, its antiquity, and how it is meaningful to people in the recent past and today - including how we have ourselves tended to make sense of the art of others, replete with our own preconceptions. It reviews past, present, and emerging theoretical approaches to rock art investigation and presents new, cutting-edge methods of rock art analysis for the student and professional researcher alike.
Download or read book Prehistoric Figurines written by Douglass Bailey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-03 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated, Prehistoric Figurines brings a radical new approach to one of the most exciting, but poorly understood artefacts from our prehistoric past. Studying the interpretation of prehistoric figurines from Neolithic southeast Europe, Bailey introduces recent developments from the fields of visual culture studies and cultural anthropology, and investigates the ways in which representations of human bodies were used by the pre-historic people to understand their own identities, to negotiate relationships and to make subtle political points. Bailey examines four critical conditions: * figurines as miniatures * figurines as three-dimensional representations * figurines as anthropomorphs * figurines as representations. Through these conditions, the study travels beyond the traditional mechanisms of interpretation and takes the debate past the out-dated interpretations of figurines as Mother-Goddess as Bailey examines individual prehistoric figurines in their original archaeological contexts and views them in the light of modern exploitations of the human form. Students and scholars of History and Archaeology will benefit immensely from Bailey's close understanding of the material culture and pre-history of the Balkans.
Download or read book The World of Ladoga written by Jukka Korpela and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one of the first to focus on Medieval and Early Modern state formation on the north-eastern periphery of Europe. Researchers have traditionally perceived an East-West conflict between Sweden and Novgorod concerning the late medieval colonization of the northern forest areas, but it seems that the East Fennoscandian boreal forest zone was not an unpopulated area at that time, but was a landscape inhabited by heterogeneous hunting and fishing populations and possessing another kind of culture. The ways of life of these populations can be observed by coordinating various bodies of palaeoecological, palaeobotanic, genetic, meteorological, folkloristic, philological and archaeological material. The traditional written sources did not extend to this area, and its nature is only reflected in the expansion and organization of the European Christian culture and power, both Russian and Swedish. Also, the increasing number of source documents, the growing population as reflected in those written documents and the expansion of arable cultivation do not indicate any real colonization but simply a change of the existing economic system from a semi-nomadic hunting and fishing economy to a field-based agriculture in response to the expansion of regular taxation and state control. Seen from this perspective, the people who earlier were invisible gradually become visible in the sources. The East Fennoscandian boreal forest zone was a European periphery during the Viking Age, but was connected to the European exchange of goods through the same waterways that also brought the first Christian cultural impact. The European economic crisis of the 14th Century nevertheless excluded the area from the late medieval process of state formation, and it became an object of both Muscovite and Swedish interests only after the end of the 15th Century. This meant the formation of parishes, the organization of an early local administration with regular taxation, the permanent stationing of military forces, the establishment of a physical border, and the assimilation of the local people into European culture, accompanied by marginalization of the traditional forms of life.
Download or read book Annual written by Palestine Exploration Fund and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America written by Guy E. Gibbon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-01-26 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. Did prehistoric humans walk to North America from Siberia? Who were the inhabitants of the spectacular Anasazi cliff dwellings in the Southwest and why did they disappear? Native Americans used acorns as a major food source, but how did they get rid of the tannic acid which is toxic to humans? How does radiocarbon dating work and how accurate is it? Written for the informed lay person, college-level student, and professional, Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: An Encyclopedia is an important resource for the study of the earliest North Americans; including facts, theories, descriptions, and speculations on the ancient nomads and hunter-gathers that populated continental North America.
Download or read book Scripta Minoa The hieroglyphic and primitive linear classes with an account of the discovery of the pre Phoenician scripts their place in Minoan story and their Mediterranean relations written by Sir Arthur Evans and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Our Cups Are Full Pottery and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age Papers Presented to Jeremy B Rutter on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday written by Walter Gauß and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 38 papers on Aegean Bronze Age pottery in honour of Jeremy Rutter. They range from specific site reports, to technical reports, and issues of chronology, to analysis of the social and religious functions of particular vessel types, and studies of trade and cultural contacts.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia written by Sharon R. Steadman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 1193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia is a unique blend of comprehensive overviews on archaeological, philological, linguistic, and historical issues at the forefront of Anatolian scholarship in the 21st century. Anatolia is home to early complex societies and great empires and was the destination of many migrants, visitors, and invaders. The offerings in this volume bring this reality to life as the chapters unfold nearly ten thousand years (ca. 10,000-323 BCE) of peoples, languages, and diverse cultures who lived in or traversed Anatolia over these millennia. The contributors combine descriptions of current scholarship on important discussion and debates in Anatolian studies with new and cutting edge research for future directions of study. The 54 chapters are presented in five separate sections that range in topic from chronological and geographical overviews to anthropologically-based issues of culture contact and imperial structures and from historical settings of entire millennia to crucial data from key sites across the region. The contributers to the volume represent the best scholars in the field from North America, Europe, Turkey, and Asia. The appearance of this volume offers the very latest collection of studies on the fascinating peninsula known as Anatolia.
Download or read book Prehistoric Crete written by Joanne M. Murphy and published by INSTAP Academic Press. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the inception of Minoan archaeology, studies pertaining to tombs and tomb deposits have played seminal roles in our understanding of Minoan culture and the reconstruction of Bronze Age society. For several geographical areas and chronological periods of Cretan history, tombs are the most abundant source of data. Each author in this volume takes a clear and distinct approach to the data, including some that emphasize political geography on multi-regional and multi-scalar levels, some that examine the commemoration of the dead and of the community for legitimizing purposes but also for maintaining and/or creating elite positions in social systems, and others that underline the overlap between mortuary rituals and religion. The aim of this volume is not to present all tombs in all periods on Crete comprehensively, but the breadth of these papers is intended generate a discourse not just among archaeologists working in different areas and time periods on Crete but also among archaeologists in Greece and a broader anthropological audience.
Download or read book The Tarot written by Cynthia Giles and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 40 illustrations and an entertaining informative text, this elegantly designed book captures the scope, powers, and romance of the Tarot throughout the ages. "Excellently researched, entertainingly and compellingly written".--Booklist.
Download or read book Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders written by T. Eric Peet and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders' by T. Eric Peet is an informative exploration of megalithic monuments from around the world. Peet's aim is to provide a complete yet concise overview of our current knowledge of these ancient wonders, including Stonehenge and other great stone structures. The book offers a comparative study of the men who built them, their customs, religion, and habits. While Peet focuses on the megalithic structures of Great Britain and Ireland, he also explores monuments from Scandinavian regions; France, Spain, Portugal, Italy; the continents of Africa and Asia; as well as the smaller Mediterranean islands. This book is perfect for archaeology enthusiasts who wish to learn more about these mysterious and awe-inspiring monuments.
