Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Stone Circles"”.
-
Monuments, society and the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition, with particular reference to Cumbria and the northern Irish Sea region
This thesis argues that henges, stone circles and ring cairns form a 'spectrum' of monuments with origins in the earlier Neolithic. In that context it is suggested that some of the structures located beneath long cairns were originally free standing foci. How the monuments might reflect …
-
Airport Rings: Stone Circle Archaeology In Yellowstone National Park
… Rings Site in the Montana portion of Yellowstone National Park. During the 2007-2008 Montana Yellowstone Archaeology Project (MYAP) Field school, University of Montana Students excavated three stone circles or tipi rings. The crew uncovered three hearths and collected several hundred lithic …
-
Airport Rings: Stone Circle Archaeology In Yellowstone National Park
… Rings Site in the Montana portion of Yellowstone National Park. During the 2007-2008 Montana Yellowstone Archaeology Project (MYAP) Field school, University of Montana Students excavated three stone circles or tipi rings. The crew uncovered three hearths and collected several hundred lithic …
-
Rock matters: a geological basis for understanding the Rock at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney
… equidistant between the Ring of Brodgar and the Stones of Stenness stone circles. The site consists of more than two dozen drystone buildings encircled by a massive wall. To date, ten per cent of the site has been excavated,<br/><br/>This research established a systematic framework of protocols …
-
The Neolithic and early Bronze Age in the Firth of Clyde
… considered: chambered cairns of the Neolithic, stone circles, standing stones, cup-marked rocks, early Bronze Age burial cairns and unmarked burial monuments. A difference from previous work is the historical perspective of the research. This marks a departure from traditional period based …
-
The analysis of funerary and ritual practices in Wales between 3600-1200 BC based on osteological and contextual data
… less common. Circular enclosures (henges, timber circles, stone circles, pit circles), several of which were associated with cremated human bone deposits, represented the most persistent tradition of ritual monuments, with new structures built from the end of the fourth millennium BC to the middle …
-
Monument of Travel
… important and appreciate it. “Primitive” forms, stone circles, mounds, and roads are generators of my projects; not in the sense of an homage or reference, but more in the sense of “that was the image I held in mind.” They try to produce some of the same feeling or presence. Few elements, simple …
-
Colour out of space: colour in the construction and usage of monuments of Neolithic Atlantic Europe.
… why the materiality and material semiotics of stone are important to this research. The aim of this research is to survey a sample of Neolithic monuments across Atlantic Europe, and see if there are any commonalities, significant patterns, and demonstrable signs of specific colour selection …