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Prehistoric Avebury Paperback – 1 July 1986

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Surveys current archaeological and historical findings on the awesome stone circles and earthworks of Avebury, England, to reconstruct the daily life of the primitive people who erected the massive monuments nearly five thousand years ago

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0300036221
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978-0300036220
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Yale University Press
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1 July 1986
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English
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20.32 x 1.91 x 26.04 cm
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; New edition (1 July 1986)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300036221
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300036220
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.32 x 1.91 x 26.04 cm

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Jay C

As described.

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Nice vintage book.

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A complete, masterly survey

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This book is written with a verve which will make it delightful to the interested amateur; it covers the subject so thoroughly it will recommend itself to the serious student. anyone interested in British prehistory, in "standing stones" or in pre-Christian religion will find it exceptionally useful.

Burl starts by setting Avebury in context, not only geographically and historically, but culturally and academically. Throughout the book he sustains this broad-based approach, and his lucid, almost racy style helps a great deal of hard fact and erudite interpretation slip down without causing mental indigestion.

The whole of the Avebury complex is described and interpreted, including the Sanctuary, the two Avenues and Silbury Hill. The monument is explained in the context of a "ritual landscape", and compared with other monuments both in the area and elsewhere. There is a balanced and detached consideration of the theories about the use and construction of the monument, and Aubrey himself presents some tantalising speculation; however he is at pains to make it clear what is evidence and what supposition. Everything is illustrated with maps and diagrams, and there is a wealth of unusually beautiful photographs.

Published in 1979, this is one of the earliest popular books in the tone that Francis Pryor has since made popular. Anyone who liked "Britain BC" should read this. I have just bought Aubrey Burl's Rings of Stone: The Prehistoric Stone Circles of Britain and Ireland and look forward to reading it.

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impressive exploration of history

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this book has turned out to be quite a surprise. burl's writing is very good indeed, he certainly knows how to keep the reader absorbed in his very knowledgeable accounts of history. there is a lot of good research in here and i learned all kinds of things about avebury that i never knew before and i have plenty of reading. the photographs and the diagrams are very revealing, they are old enough to show avebury in a different light from how it appears today. burl's comments on history are very helpful as is the book itself, i would highly recommend it.

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