Archaeology, The Definitive Guide - Editor Paul G Bahn

Fog City Publishers, 2007, 433 pages Paperback

With contributions from an international team of specialists, this introduction to archaeology explains the history, science and techniques of the discipline, and provides a guide to significant sites and treasures arranged by continent. colour throughout

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Prehistoric Cheshire - Victoria & Paul Morgan

Landmark Publishers, 2004, 192 pages

An archaeological study of Cheshire's prehistory, written by former Megalithic Portal editors Victoria and Paul Morgan. Includes an introduction on techniques, dating methods and previous research in Cheshire, chapters on the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, and extensive indices on Cheshire sites, further reading and useful addresses and websites. 9"x7"

Highly Recommended in reviews by Aubrey Burl, Kevin Kilburn and others.

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On the Track of a Prehistoric Economy - Hans Peter Blankholm

Aarhus University Press, 1995, 320 pages

This academic study looks at maglemosian subsistence in early postglacial South Scandinavia, with detailed studies of the architectural history of various sites and anthropological notes such as sex and age distribution and the use of tools for hunting, fishing and gathering.

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Markings. Aerial Photos by Marilyn Bridges

Publisher: Aperture, 1990, 104 pages, Paperback, 9"x11" landscape, b&w throughout

A portfolio of aerial photographs depicting the Nazca lines in Peru, the sacred pyramids left by the Maya, the Native Americans' enigmatic earth-works and the colossal standing stones of prehistoric Britain.

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Stonehenge, Stone Circles and Stone-Age Numbers - Michael Green

Twelve Acre Publishing, 2007, 68 pages, paperback , full-colour

An insight into Neolithic astronomy at Stonehenge and other stone cirles in Britain Includes explanation of the movement of the main visible solar system bodies and eclipse prediction Loads of tables and diagrams illustrating various cycles"

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Megaliths by David and Lai Ngan Corio

Hardback, 180 pages, Jonathan Cape, 2003

David Corio has sytematically photographed the megalithic sites of England and Wales with the eye of a great landscape photographer as well as with the passion of an explorer in the ruins of an ancient culture.

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Landscapes and Desire - Catherine Tuck & Alun Bull

Hardback, 256pp. Sutton Publishing, 2003

An investigation into the sexually inspired landscapesand monuments of Britain. Amusing and fascinating. From Men-A-Tol to landscaped gardens to Victorian Britain. It's all here!

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Timewalkers: The Prehistory of Global Colonization - Clive Gamble

Paperback, 320 pages, The History Press Ltd, 2003

As soon as we ask why "we are the only animal with a near-global distribution", argues Clive Gamble, the central truth emerges: "Humans went everywhere in prehistory because humans have purpose." His book uses this perspective to reinterpret three million years of archaeology, showing how the earliest humans of the African savannah spread out to other continents, along the Old World track, and eventually colonized the world. On the way occurred "the meeting of the Ancients and the Moderns - the European Neanderthals and the Cro-Magnons - celebrated in many illustrations, motion pictures and novels". Scientific detective work can now illuminate all these issues, revealing what we are today through the study of our origins.

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The Later Roman Empire - Richard Reece

Paperback, 192 Pages, Tempus, 2007

This analysis of the changes - especially those in the visual arts - which occurred between AD 150 and 600, and led into the medieval world has been widely hailed as a masterpiece: 'Books by Richard Reece are typically individual, opinionated and insightful; and this is no exception.' - "British Archaeology". 'Richard Reece's writing is always stimulating; this book will appeal to both specialists and enthusiasts.' - "Oxbow Book News".

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Megalithomania: Artists, Antiquarians and Archaeologists at the Old Stone Monuments - John Michell

168 pages, The Squeeze Press, April 2007

A new paperback edition of this classic book. A feast of extraordinary theories and personalities centred around the mysterious standing stones. John Mitchell tells the wonderful story of the reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical, legendary, mystical or visionary.

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Meetings With Remarkable Trees - Thomas Pakenham

Paperback, 256 pages, Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated; New Ed edition Oct 2001, Size 19.4 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm

A beautiful book with wonderful photographs of trees from all around the world. The author has chosen sixty trees that are in some way remarkable - for their age, their size or their personality.

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Standing with Stones - Rupert Soskin and Michael Bott

A new film exploring the mysteries of Britain's ancient stone circles Standing with Stones, has just been released on DVD. It is an exploration into the wealth of prehistoric sites in Britain and Ireland on a scale never before attempted on film. It aims to give a fresh insight into our megalithic heritage. The entire 136-minute documentary - written and presented by Rupert Soskin and produced and directed by Michael Bott - has been researched, scripted, narrated and filmed by just the two themselves, including composing all the music and creating the computer graphics.

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Bill Wyman's Treasure Islands: Britain's History Uncovered - Bill Wyman, Richard Havers

Hardcover, 320 pages, Sutton Publishing, 2005

Bill Wyman bought his first metal detector in 1991 and re-visited a childhood interest in history by exploring the landscape around his Suffolk home. A few finds later, he was hooked. This book tells the story of how this famous Rolling Stone became interested in archaeology, how he records and identifies his finds and the importance of the portable Antiquities Scheme and The Treasure Act of 1996. After a brief history of Britain from the Bronze Age to the present day, accompanied by a timeline of important dates and discoveries, the main part of the book comprises a gazetteer of places and findspots across Britain and Ireland, listing what was found, when and where.

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25 Walks in Ayrshire and Arran - Alan Forbes

Paperback, 109 pages, Mercat Press, 2004

Part of The Stationery Office 25 Walks series. Explore Machrie Moor or climb to the top of Goatfell on Arran. In Ayrshire, stroll on the banks of the River Ayr or visit the magnificent Culzean Castle. This book describes 25 walks in some of Scotland's most beautiful countryside. On Arran you can explore Machrie Moor or climb to the top of Goatfell, while in Ayrshire you can enjoy a stroll on the banks of the River Ayr or a walk that takes in a visit to Culzean Castle.

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25 Walks: Aberdeen - Peter Dawes, Alistair Mackenzie, Robert Smith

Paperback, 117 pages, Mercat, 2004

Part of The Stationery Office 25 Walks series. A guide to 25 walks in and around Aberdeen. Visit the Sands of Forvie, Bennachie and the eerie ruins of Gight Castle. Wander through ancient estates such as Fetternear and climb Elrick Hill.

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25 Walks: Highland Perthshire - Roger Smith

Paperback, 112 pages, Mercat Press, 2002

This revised edition of Highland Perthshire describes 25 Walks in the area between Killiecrankie, Kenmore and Dunkeld. The scenery is famous and the walks visit many places of local interest, including ancient stone circles and burial grounds, waterfalls, historic castles and the site of the battle of Killiecrankie.

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25 Walks: Skye and Kintail - Hamish Brown

Paperback, 112 pages, Mercat Press, 2000

Skye and Kintail describes 25 walks on the beautiful island of Skye and on the mainland opposite it. From the well-known and picturesque Old Man of Storr to the wildlife and prehistoric remains at Rubh' an Dunain; from the legends surrounding the Five Sisters to the lochs and crags above Plockton, this book guides the walker to areas of outstanding beauty and solitude.

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25 Walks in Down District - by Leonard Lawson

Paperback, 112 pages, Mercat Press, 1997

Down District describes 25 walks in the attractive and varied countryside on the eastern side of Co. Down, Northern Ireland. The walks through places of outstanding natural beauty and stretch from the shores of Strangford Lough to where the 'Mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea'. They include coastal, forest, lowland, and upland walks. Each has its own historical background with castles, holy shrines, churches, mansions and prehistorical sites. Suitable for all categories of walkers Down District is one of the main walking locations in Ireland.

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25 Walks: The Cotswolds - B.E. Fryer

Paperback, 112 pages, Mercat Press, 1996

Describes 25 walks in the varied countryside of the Cotswolds, from Bath in the South to Edge Hill in Warwickshire, 112km (70 miles) further north; and from spectacular scarp views in the west to gentle streams and pastures in the east. Within a 5000 year history, the visitor will find iron age hillforts, Roman roads, medieval monasteries, grand mansions and humble cottages, plus a wealth of wildlife and interest in the way the land is used today.

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25 Walks: Yorkshire Dales - Paul Hannon

Paperback, 118 pages, Mercat Press, 1996

Part of The Stationery Office 25 Walks series. This edition explores the Pennine Chain, with walks to the Aysgarth Falls, Malham Cove and Bolton Abbey.

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Discovering a Welsh Landscape: Archaeology in the Clwydian Range - Ian Brown (Author), Mick Sharp and Jean Williamson (Photography)

Paperback, 181 pages, Windgather Press, 2004

Part of the Landscapes of Britain series. In the far north-east corner of Wales, a line of hills looks east across the plain into England, guarding the way towards Snowdonia. Designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Clwydian Range has a very rich archaeology. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of this landscape: a history of Wales in microcosm. At the northern end of the Welsh March, the Clwydian Range is a crossroads, a place where outside influences have always been profound. The book consequently places the Range's archaeology in the context of the broader themes in Welsh and British history. Througout, the photographs capture the spirit of Hopkins' original "landscape plotted and pieced."

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Landscapes for the World: Conserving a Global Heritage - Peter Fowler

Paperback, 235 pages, Windgather Press, 2004

Part of the Landscapes of Britain series. The book explores some extraordinary places, which anyone interested in landscape would wish to visit: places such as the Tongariro volcanic landscape in New Zealand; The Portuguese port wine region of Alto Douro; and the rice-growing terraces of the Cordilleras in the Philippines. The author, who has been actively involved in the inscription process, asks how we can recognise a World Heritage landscape, and discusses the politics of designation and conservation.

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Prehistoric Art - Jean-Pierre Mohen

Hardback, 208 pages, Editions Pierre Terrail, 2002, Language: English

Part of the Terrail series of large, colour-illustrated studies on artists, movements or architecture. A study of art in prehistoric caves such as Altamira in Spain and the Lascaux cave in France, demonstrating the symbolism and rituals represented by prehistoric art. 12?x10?, colour throughout

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The Seven Wonders of the World - John & Elizabeth Romer

Paperback, 10"x8", 24pp colour plates, b&w throughout

Ancient and modern accounts of the Wonders reconstructing their appearances and the stories of their creation and destruction, and exploring reasons for the enduring popularity of the idea of the canon of Wonders.

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Recreating the Past - Victor Ambrus, Mick Aston

Paperback, Tempus, 2001, 120 Pages

The authors, artist and chief archaeologist of the television series 'Time Team', have produced a visual journey through history, with Ambrus''s sketches and drawings recreating the lives of those who inhabited the sites worked on, and Aston providing explanations and photographs. landscape 9"x10". colour b&w throughout

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Early in Orcadia - Naomi Mitchison

Paperback, 176 pages, House of Lochar, New edition, 1999

A fictional tale of ancient times in the Orkney Islands by the celebrated Scottish writer, telling of the adventures of a group of pre-historical islanders when they leave their village to cross the sea in pursuit of the Northern Lights. The pre-historic people of the Orkney Islands are ordinary men and women who are mostly content to win the fight for survival in their harsh world. Two of them are driven by a burning curiosity and desire for more; they dare to build a boat and travel into the unknown.

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Churches to Visit in Scotland: Scotland's Churches Scheme

Paperback, 500 pages, NMS Enterprises, 3rd Rev Ed, 2004

Indispensable guide to over 900 abbeys, cathedrals, churches and other places of worship across Scotland. The perfect companion to every Scottish journey.

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The AVA Guide to Outdoor Photography - Cathy Joseph

Paperback, 208 pages, Ava Publishing, 2005

This comprehensive guide covers the essential areas of equipment, technique and subject matter within the field of outdoor photography.

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A Beginner's Guide to Digital Video - Peter Wells

Paperback, 144 pages, Ava Publishing, 2004

Discusses all aspects of digital video production, from shooting and editing to creating finished movies on disc or tape and streaming on the Web.

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A Little History of Astro-Archaeology - John Michell

John Michell's acclaimed "Little History" charts the development of archaeoastronomy, illustrating the principal sites and personalities, and summing up its present state and exciting prospects for the future.

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Megaliths, Stones of Memory - Jean-Pierre Mohen

A compact version of this popular book which draws on ancient knowledge and modern discoveries to offer explanations of the architectural, scientific, religious and cultural significance of these enigmatic standing stones.

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Sacred Places - Crispin Paine

Sacred Places provides an inspiring illustrated guide to some of the most beautiful and atmospheric locations in the care of the National Trust. The featured sites are illustrated by high-quality photographs and artworks revealing key alignments and underlying structure and design, along with extended captions explaining their particular significance and history. Featured sites include: Avebury; Glastonbury Tor; Hailes Abbey; Sutton Hoo; and White Horse Hill, Uffington.

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Cures and Curses, Ritual and cult at holy wells - Janet Bord

Why are some wells said to be miraculously created by saints? Why are the rituals associated with them sometimes about divination or cursing? What evidence is there for the water curing illnesses? Do the wells have guardians? If so, are they humans, fairies, or even dragons? Is there treasure hidden there? What should be left there -h rags, pins, coins, pebbles or even votive offerings?

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Cornwall in Prehistory - Toni-Maree Rowe

Paperback, 168 pages, Tempus Publishing, May 2005, ISBN: 0752434403

Cornwall in Prehistory provides an introduction to this fascinating era in Cornwall's past. It is divided on the basis of the traditional chronology starting with the hunter-gatherers and ending in the Iron Age, with each chapter concluding with suggestions for places to visit. Other chapters include discussions on how archaeologists know what they know and some alternative means of investigating our prehistoric past, including the role of myth and legend. Cornwall in Prehistory is written with the beginner in mind; it is a starting point for further discussion and investigation by those who are keen to find out more.

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Druid Shaman Priest: Metaphors of Celtic Paganism - Leslie Ellen Jones

Hardcover, 256 pages, Hisarlik Press, July 1998, ISBN: 1874312273

There are a few books on Celtic mythology that focus on the pagan elements of the literature and yet succeed in being scholarly and balanced at the same time, this is one such book. It deals with the interesting pagan material in an academic and approachable manner. For example, in chapter 1, "Who Were the Celts and What Were They Up To?" she guides the reader through the relevant literary and archaeological evidence and distinguishes the parameters of current scholarly opinion. In this chapter, as elsewhere in the book, Jones links representations in classical and Celtic literature, and employs sources, both classical and Celtic, which are not commonly cited.

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The Sutton Companion to Castles - Stephen Friar

Newcomers to the study of castles as well as more experienced researchers should find Stephen Friar's companion informative, knowledgeable and wide-ranging. It contains over 1000 entries on English and Welsh fortifications from the Bronze Age to the present. If you are not sure just what a "motte and bailey" castle was, or whether the Romans left any fortified building during their occupation of Britain, this is the book you need. Stephen Friar uses his vast knowledge of all aspects of castles to explain things succinctly and clearly for the non-specialist.

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Guidestones to the Great Langdale Axe Factories: Ancient Ways to Stone Axe Working Sites in the English Lake District - Gabriel M Blamires

The use of standing stones and other rocks to mark prehistoric routes is not unknown, but it is seldom studied. Gabriel Blamire's scholarly and well-researched study of possible routes to the Langdale axe factories is a model for others to follow. Meticulously documented, mapped and photographed with full grid references, this book will enable other field researchers and fell walkers to go out into Langdale and look for themselves. This book has nothing to with leylines, but everything to do with how Neolithic people may have moved around, marked their routes and posted guides. It will also appeal to those readers intrigued by British rock art.

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Sacred Places: Prehistory and Popular Imagination - Bob Trubshaw

Sacred Places asks why certain types of prehistoric places are thought of as sacred, and explores how the physical presence of such sacred sites is less important than what these places signify. So this is not another guide book to sacred places but instead provides a unique and thought-provoking guide to the mental worlds - the mindscapes - in which we have created the idea of prehistoric sacred places.

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Prehistoric houses at Sumburgh in Shetland - Jane Downes and Raymond Lamb

Excavations at Sumburgh Airport in the 1960s and 70s discovered stone-built houses of the later Bronze Age and the early Iron Age. This report describes the results of the excavations (stone walls, paved areas, hearths, cubicles) and of the analysis of the stratigraphy and the position of the artefacts. It shows how one house was added to the other, and how both were then substantially modified. Comparison with other sites shows that the two-house unit was a feature of the later Bronze Age in Shetland in contrast to earlier Bronze Age oval houses and later Iron Age circular houses divided by radial piers, and that longevity of occupation was usual with the three house forms suceeding each other as here at Sumburgh.

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Metallurgical Reports on British and Irish Bronze Age Implements and Weapons in the Pitt Rivers Museum - I M Allen, D Britton and H H Coghlan

Fascinating for all interested in Bronze Age Weaponry. Metallurgical reports on the Museum's collection of copper and bronze tools and weapons, including a detailed illustrated catalogue of the objects.

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The Logboats of Scotland - Robert J C Mowat

This study of Scottish logboats, dugouts and related items like paddles and oars reveals a long history extending from the Bronze Age, and perhaps much earlier, to the end of the Middle Ages. It includes a complete descriptive gazetteer of finds with drawings and photographs, together with an analysis of the boats, their size, construction, distribution and dating (with up-to-date radiocarbon dates).

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The Bull of Minos - Leonard Cottrell

Sutton 2003 (Originally 1963) 254 pages Paperback Illustrated ISBN 0750933364 Published Price £8.99

Perhaps the best known of Leonard Cottrell's numerous books on archaeology, The Bull of Minos tells the story of the important discoveries made by Heinrich Schliemann and Sir Arthur Evans. (Minotaur is Greek for "Bull of Minos"). These pioneering archaeologists brought to light the ruins of Troy, the treasure-laden tombs of the Mycenaean kings and the palace at Knossos on Crete, to reveal the extraordinary cultures which were remembered in the later Greek myths. All in all a classic look at the Minoans and Mycenaens and a great read.

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Use Wear Analysis and Obsidian: Theory, Experiments and Results

Sheffield Archaeological Monographs, Hardcover, 248 pages, 1992, ISBN 0906090423

This volume investigates a technique for the functional analysis of obsidian tools and a small archaeological case study: the lunates from the Bronze Age Sardinian site of Ortu Comidu is examined using the technique and approach. The discussion includes an assessment of wear formation theories and the role of functional information within archaeology. The technique and approach is brought to bear on a small archaeologucal case study: the lunates from the Bronze Age Sardinian site of Ortu Comidu.

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Lost Gods Of Albion - Paul Newman

Hardcover 224 pages (February 19, 1998), Publisher: Sutton Publishing, ISBN: 0750915633

Back in stock! The most comprehensive printed guide to the mysterious figures cut into Britain's hillsides. Highly recommended

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Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age - Richard Rudgley

Paperback 310 pages (January 25, 2000), Publisher: Pocket Books, ISBN: 0684862700

In this fascinating book, Rudgley describes how the intrepid explorers of the Stone Age discovered all of the world's major land masses long before the so-called Age of Discovery. Stone Age man made precisely sized tools, and used proto-abacuses to count and measure. He performed medical operations including amputations and delicate cranial surgeries. The Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age shows the greatness of the debt that contemporary society owes to its prehistoric predecessors.

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The Stone Circles Of Britain, Ireland And Brittany, New Revised Edition - Aubrey Burl

Hardback, 478pp. Yale, 2000.

This book needs no introduction. Thorough, lucid and scholarly. Indispensable.

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The Trials Of Arthur, The Life and Times of a Modern Day King - Arthur Pendragon & Christopher J Stone

Paperback, 253pp. Element, 2003.

Come with us on a quest for adventure, through fields and forests and sacred places, in the company of bikers, Pagans and Eco-warriors. This is the real Britain behind the dreary spin of modern consumer capitalism. Mad, bad and shamelessly bold!

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Watchers of the Dawn by Douglas Scott

Watchers of the Dawn is the result of 20 years research by Douglas Scott, looking at how and why our ancient ancestors aligned standing stones and burial cairns to the sun and moon. This is a 323-page ebook and CD guide to more than 100 prehistoric sites throughout Scotland, shown in over 500 colour pictures. 83 of these show unique images of the actual rising or setting sun from cupmarked standing stones and burial cairns throughout Scotland. Dougie's work is still being assisted by the late Prof. Alexander Thom in a unique way, see how below.

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The Secrets of the Avebury Stones: Britains Greatest Megalithic Temple
Terence Meaden

Paperback - 224 pages
Souvenir Press 1999

Highly recommended book on the Avebury stones. Has photos of almost every stone with detailed notes, making this the most comprehensive book on Avebury ever published

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The Old Straight Track - Alfred Watkins

The Classic Book on Ley Lines. Paperback, 234pp. Abacus, 2004 reprint

First published in 1925 and out of print for many years, this remains the most important source for the study of the ancient straight tracks or leys that cross the British Isles. Watkins was "An honest visionary who saw beyond the bounds of his time."

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Footprints in Stone - Janet Bord

The significance of foot and hand-prints and other imprints left by early men, giants, heroes, devils, saints, animals, ghosts, witches, fairies and monsters.

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The Prehistory of the Peak District & Leek's Amazing Double Sunset - a video by Byron Machin

VHS Video, PAL Only. Runtime 60mins.

For the first time on video, this amazing documentary uncovers over 2 million years of human occupation in the spectacular region of the Peak District. Discover the awe inspiring stone monuments of a lost religion and the ancient field systems of the first farmers. Uncover a Wildwood that covered Britain, and the key human revolutions that made us what we are today.

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Living Ancient Wisdom, Understanding and Using its Principles Today - Paul Devereux

Living Ancient Wisdom allows us to understand history from the perspective of those who lived it. We can begin to experience the world as our ancestors did and apply their ancient wisdom to our own lives today.

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Underworld, The Mysterious Origins of Civilization - Graham Hancock

Hardback, 768pp. Published by Crown, 2002.

From the best-selling author of 'Fingerprints of the Gods' comes a mesmerising book that takes us on a captivating under water voyage to find ruins of a lost civilisation hidden for thousands of years beneath the world's oceans. A controversial read.

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The Lost Tomb Of Viracocha, Unlocking the Secrets of the Peruvian Pyramids - Maurice Cotterell

Cotterell unlocks the secrets of the Inca & discovers treasure-filled tombs. The Inca story of the legendary white gods was not myth after all. These two great sun-kings walked the lands of Peru over 1,500 years ago. Contains illustrations & colour plates

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Ley Lines, The Greatest Landscape Mystery - Danny Sullivan

All across the world sacred sites are linked together by mysterious alignments on the landscape. Nowhere has this phenomenon been more thoroughly investigated than in the British Isles where they have come to be known as Ley Lines. This revised and updated edition of the classic study by Danny Sullivan, the last editor of the Ley Hunter, is the most comprehensive guide to the subject ever published.

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Published June 2004, 281 pages. Published by Alternative Albion.

This innovative social history looks in detail at how the summer solstice celebrations at Stonehenge have brought together different aspects of British counter-culture to make the monument a ?living temple? and an icon of alternative Britain. The history of the celebrants and counter-cultural leaders is interwoven with the viewpoints of the land-owners, custodians and archaeologists who have generally attempted to impose order on the shifting patterns of these modern-day mythologies.

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Published Oct 2003, 184 pages. Published by Explore Books, an imprint of Heart of Albion Press.

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Published 1998, 130 pages. Published by Element.

An informative introduction to ley lines, dowsing, folklore and ancient sites. The author explains the use of analytical and intuitive methods to help investigate these phenomena. White Dragon magazine recommended reading.

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Stone Age Soundtracks, The Acoustic Archaeology of Ancient Sites - Paul Devereux

Paperback, 160 pages, Vega, 2001

Companion to Channel Four's "Secrets of the Dead: Sounds from the Stone Age". This fascinating book examines research in acoustics of ancient sites and demonstrates that they were deliberately constructed and used to enhance ritual sounds. Inc. colour plates.

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A Birth Of Taliesin - John Rhys

Hardback, 58 pages, Wooden Books, 1999

A version for children of the Welsh legend of the birth of Taliesin, also known as Merlin. Charmingly illustrated by Catherine Wallis

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Scotland's Stone of Destiny - Nick Aitchison

Hardback, 162 pages, Tempus, 2000

The story of the mythical origins of the Stone of Scone and the ancient prophecy attached to it, an examination of the Stone itself, its original function and its authenticity and its history through the centuries. b&w throughout. 10" x 8".

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Stukeley Illustrated - Neil Mortimer (Compiler)

Paperback, 136 pages, Green Magic, 2003

For the first time, this book brings together over 100 of the best engravings from Stukeley's most brilliant books, Stonehenge: A Temple Restor’d to the British Druids, Abury: A Temple of the British Druids and Itinerarium Curiosum. Stukeley Illustrated shows how this meticulous and inspired draughtsman changed the way we look at ancient sites. It is a tribute to an increasingly relevant figure, and is indispensable to anyone interested in the sacred sites and landscapes of the British Isles.

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The Alchemy Of Culture - Intoxicants In Society - Richard Rudgley

Paperback, 160 pages, British Museum Press, 1998

This vibrant academic study, from Neolithic cave men going graffiti mad on opium, to Zoroastrian religious heroes tripping on psychoactive mang, is a hugely illuminating educational trip.

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Hill Figures Of England - Maurice Askew

Hardback, 39 pages, The Crowood Press, 2002

Illustrated with his distinctive paintings, Maurice Askew gives his personal angle on each of these small bits of English History. He also explores the myths and legends behind each of the figures and the possible reasons for their creation.

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The Traveller's Guide To Arthurian Britain - Geoffrey Ashe

Paperback, 250 pages, Gothic Image, 1997

This guidebook considers where the legend came from, and offers some radical suggestions. It goes on to catalogue all the places and geographical features that figure in it, up and down Britain.

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A Little Book Of Coincidence - John Martineau

Paperback, 55 pages, Wooden Books, 2001

Stuffed with exquisite illustrations and amazing new research this wonderful book by famous geometer John Martineau will instantly re-tune your cosmological circuits to the secret patterns behind Life, the Universe and Everything.

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Sacred Geometry - Miranda Lundy

Paperback, 58 pages, Wooden Books, 2001

Lavishly illustrated by the author, this small introduction to one of the oldest and most widespread subjects on earth will forever change the way you look at a triangle, arch, church window, fabric design graphic or spiral.

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Euphonics - John Michell

Hardback, 50 pages, Wooden Books, 1999

A book for magicians, orators, lovers and all those who use words for purposes of enchantment. Includes the dark and deadly - D, high hopes of H, pitifully proud P and the utterly uncouth U!

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Euphonics: A Poet's Dictionary of Sound - John Michell

Paperback, 83 pages, Frontier, 1988

An amusing and simple book looking at the sounds of letters and words and their natural influence over our reaction to them. A concept first explored in Plato's 'Cratylus', John Michell approaches the subject with the same humour and light-heartedness.

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Little Ouseburn Barrow - Philip Rahtz

Paperback, 51 pages, York University Press, 1989

The early Bronze Age barrow at Little Ouseburn, due west of York was excavated in 1958. Pre-barrow occupation comprised settlement features, greenstone axe fragments, Beaker shards, and other farmer period flints. In a primary grave was a tree-trunk coffin surviving as dark residues, and small traces of an inhumed skeleton could be recognised. The is the detailed report of the findings with 21 figures, 17 plates and 3 tables. 11" x 9"

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Native American Rock Art: A petroglyph stamp kit for all ages - Judith Dupre

Boxed Set, Chronicle Books, 1998

An unusual gift - a set of Rock Art rubber stamps complete with cards, envelopes and an accompanying book. Learn all about the uses, meanings and locations of this ancient rock art as you enjoy making unique cards, envelopes and picture stories.

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Yurts, Tipis and Benders - David Pearson

Hardback, 95 pages, Gaia, 2001

Featuring stories of widely varied people from around the world who have chosen to live in circular structures, this attractive book should inspire you to get building. All you need are some basic materials and a little know-how.

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Brooklyn Museum of Art -

Paperback, 192 pages, Scala, 1997

This companion guide to the Brooklyn Museum of Art which is now over 100 years old and contains more than one and a half million objects, shows art and artefacts from almost every culture, with particularly strong holdings of ancient Egyptian and 19th and 20th century American art. 220 colour, 6 b&w. 9" x 7".

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Wonders of the Ancient World Fun Book - British Museum

Paperback, 64 pages, British Museum Press, 2000

As much fun as you can fit into 64 pages! The Fun Book of the Wonders of the Ancient World offers a plethora of puzzles, games, jokes and brain-teasers. There are crosswords, word searches, anagrams, hidden words, picture puzzles, codes to crack - and lots of jokes and cartoons along the way. A fun look at times and places of the past, through puzzles, games and activities for children of 7 years and upwards.

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Egyptian Boats - Dilwyn Jones

Paperback, 96 pages, British Museum Press, 1995

An examination of the importance of the boat in Egyptian ritual and belief, as well as in everyday life, tracing the development of the different types of boats and the techniques of their construction. b&w illus throughout. 9" x 8".

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The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places - Brian Stableford

Paperback, 384 pages, Simon & Schuster, 1999

From Philip Jose Farmer's Abatos, with its quasi-divine 'father', to the Earth-clone Zygra from John Brunner's A Planet of Your Own, this dictionary of imaginary places describes the history, geography and inhabitants of the most famous and the most interesting of the strange worlds and locations devised by science fiction writers from HG Wells to Iain M Banks. All the entries are cross-referenced and there is a list of works cited, arranged by author.

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Stones Spells for Magic Feasts - Hilary Howard

Hardback, 220 pages, Digging Deeper, 1995

A unique vegetarian cookbook from the people who ran the much-missed Stones Restaurant at Avebury.

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Stonehenge: Neolithic Man and The Cosmos
John North

This book combines meticulous attention to the latest archaeological surveys with a profound knowledge of the heavens as they were many millennia ago to establish the function of the stones on Salisbury Plain and what we can know of the religion that caused the to be erected.
Publisher: Harper Collins.
Paperback. 609pp. 16cm by 23cm. ISBN 0002558505.

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The Secrets of the Avebury Stones: Britains Greatest Megalithic Temple
Terence Meaden

Paperback - 224 pages (24 June, 1999)
Souvenir Press Ltd; ISBN: 0285635018

As with his previous books the subject of sexual symbolism is an important theme. Male and female stones, earth mother and sky father, specially chosen stones with triangular and cleft shapes. He takes a theory touched upon by other authors and explores it in his well-researched and relatively level headed style...

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Shamanism - Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy - Mircea Eliade

Paperback, 610 pages, Penguin Arkana

Writing as a historian of religion, Eliade synthesizes the approaches of psychology, sociology, and ethnology to study the figure of the shaman, at once magician and medicine man, healer and miracle-doer, psychopomp, priest, mystic, and poet. Has become the classic work on the subject.

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Dowsing for Health and Vitality: Tuning in to the Earth's Energy for Personal Development and Wellbeing - Patrick MacManaway

Paperback, 96 large full colour pages, Anness Publishing, 2001. Updated 2002

Patrick MacManaway is a professional dowser with an international practice and reputation. He is a Vice-President of the British Society of Dowsers.

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The Healing Energies Of Earth - Liz Simpson

In simple language and with stunning full-color photographs, The Healing Energies of the Earth helps connect in various ways with the essential healing properties of our planet. Augmented with scientific findings about the earth, author Elizabeth Simpson explains how to use our planet's healing gifts to achieve maximum health and well-being. Self-healing techniques include the use of crystals, mudbaths, and minerals, along with methodologies such as dowsing and Feng Shui. Integrating both ancient and modern ideas, The Healing Energies of the Earth offers a balanced combination of spirituality and science for tapping into the magnificent, powerful bounty of our mother Earth.

About the Author: Elizabeth Simpson, a writer specializing in alternative health and personal development, is the author of The Book of Crystal Healing and The Book of Chakra Healing. She is a regular contributor to many national and international magazines in the United Kingdom, and has worked as a producer and presenter on a wide array of TV and radio shows.

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Wooden Books. Newly published in 2002. Paperback, 64 pages

A small, concise yet comprehensive book about the Standing Stones of Callanish by one of its principal researchers. Illustrated with beautiful reproductions of many antiquarian engravings, drawings and plans gathered by the author over many years.

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Publisher: John Donald

192 Pages, Paperback

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Birlinn  1994  383 Pages, Paperback
Written in Gaelic with an English translation side by side on the page.

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Paperback, 64pages Heart of Albion Press, 1994
Local stone surveys have been something of a geomantic speciality, and this book lives up to expectations, being the fruit of immensely detailed fieldwork combined with a sardonic awareness that the sites are fascinating but no-one quite knows why.  (Extract from Research in Geomancy 1990-1994 by Jeremy Harte)

Illustrations of Stone Circles, Cromlehs
and other remains of the Aboriginal Britons in the West of Cornwall 
William Cotton (1827), reprint edited by Ian McNeil Cooke

Re-published by Men-an-Tol Studio in 1998. A4 paperback format of 75 pages including 11 pages of black and white line illustrations.

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Journey to the Stones - Ancient Sites and Pagan Mysteries of Celtic Cornwall
Ian McNeil Cooke

Revised edition 1996, Paperback. 232 pages size 244x184mm, 40 photographs in colour and 29 in black and white, plus a wealth of line illustrations, maps and diagrams.

Eight comprehensively described walks with detailed maps take you to over 60 prehistoric and early Christian sites in the Land's End Peninsula including all the quoits and stone circles.

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An Account of Phallic Survivals within the Christian Church and some of their Pagan Origins

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Excavations at the Devil's Quoits, Stanton Harcourt - Alistair Barclay, Margaret Gray, George Lambrick

Paperback, 140 pages, Oxford University, 1995

This volume reports on three seasons of excavation conducted in advance of gravel extraction in 1972, 1973 and 1988 at the Devil's Quoits circle-henge monument near Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire. While the stones have gone, evidence has been uncovered for the complete plan. The stratigraphy of the henge ditch (including analysis of sediments and soils) is described.

Investigations in the interior uncovered very little pottery, but struck flint and animal bone was found. The construction and significance of the monument is discussed. A gazetteer and review of local pre-Iron Age sites places it in its ancient context, while proposals for its preservation and partial reconstruction as a cultural amenity look to its future.

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Later Prehistoric Settlement in SE Scotland - Edited by Dennis Harding

Paperback, 210 pages, University of Edinburgh, 0

Papers from a conference in Edinburgh 1981. Contributions on settlement and chronology, prehistoric timber construction, prehistoric farming, artefacts, animal husbandry, excavations at Dryburn Bridge, the Dod, Douglasmuir and Broxmouth Hill-fort. With summary of discussion between contributors.

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Rock Art Studies, News of the World 1 - Paul G Bahn (Editor), Angelo Fossati (Editor)

Paperback, 229 pages, Oxbow, 1997

Papers presented to Symposium 14D of the NEWS95 World Rock Art Congress, Turin and Pinerolo, Italy. Paper titles include:

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Stone Age Archaeology - Nick Ashton (Editor), Frances Healy (Editor), Paul Pettitt (Editor)

Hardback, 239 pages, Oxbow, 1998

A huge collection, contents include:
* Bifaces, booze and the blues. Anecdotes from the life and times of a Palaeolithic archaeologist (A. J. Lawson & A. Rogerson);
* J. J. W. A tribute from the Upper Thames n(R. J. MacRae);
* On the Move. Theory, time averaging and resource transport at Olduvai gorge (J. McNabb);
* Elandsfontein and Klasies river revisited (H. J. * The Pleistocene history and early human occupation of the river Thames valley (D. R Bridgland); 
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Wigber Low - John Collis

Paperback, 130 pages, Univ of Sheffiled, 1983

The hill of Wigber Low has had a colourful past as the site of a Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon burial siyes and as a smelting place for medieval leadworkers.

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Communicating Archaeology - John Beavis, Alan Hunt (Editors)

Paperback, 120 pages, Bournemouth University School of Conservation Sciences, 1999

These papers on archaeology and education were given at a conference at Bournemouth University in 1995, held to honour Bill Putnam whose life has been spent in Extra-Mural and University teaching.

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Native North America - British Museum

Laminated A4 photo cards, 30 pages, British Museum, 1999

30 high quality photo cards on different aspects of Native North Americal life. See map to see the variety of subjects, from the Southwest and Plains people, to the Inuit and Peublo. Includes a 32 page teacher's booklet with notes and line drawings.

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The Medieval World - British Museum

Set of 12 Postcards, 0 pages, British Museum, 1995

To send or collect, see photo for contents. Includes Sutton Hoo helmet, Queen Ethelswith's Ring and a Lewis chessman.

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Nasca, Eighth Wonder of the World?
Anthony Aveni

235 x 155mm, 280 pages, Hardback, 12 colour and 112 black & white, 2000, British Museum Press ISBN 0714125512

A lively and accessible account of the mysterious Nasca lines written by an acknowledged expert. The intriguing ground drawings that cover 400 square miles of the floor of southern Peru's coastal desert have been called the Eighth Wonder of the World. Acre-sized tracings of birds, animals and geometric shapes, and thousands of mile-long straight lines, these `geoglyphs' have hitherto defied explanation.

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Behind the Scenes at The British Museum
Edited by Andrew Burnett, John Reeve

Paperback, 246 x 189mm, 128 pages, 62 black & white illustrations, 2001, British Museum Press, ISBN: 0714121967

Beginning with a brief look at the history of The British Museum, its collections and resources, the core of this book is a series of chapters describing what goes on behind the scenes in the main areas of museum activity, from temporary exhibitions and permanent galleries, to less visible activities such as scientific research and archaeological excavation, to children's events and the sharing of expertise. £5.99+p&p  Published price £12.99 - a saving of over 50%

Measuring the Universe, Our Historic Quest to Chart the Horizons of Space and Time
Kitty Ferguson

352 pages (December, 2000) Walker & Company; ISBN: 0802775926

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Interview with Kitty Ferguson, and Transcript, PBS Newshour

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256 pages (16 September, 1999) Continuum International Publishing Group - Athlone Press; ISBN: 0485890062

The end of the 18th century saw the end of witch trials. This volume charts the processes and reasons for decriminalizing witchcraft. It also surveys the social role of witchcraft in European communities to the end of the 19th century.

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Hardback, 352 pages (September, 1999) Continuum International Publishing Group - Athlone Press; ISBN: 0485890054

The end of the 18th century saw the end of witch trials. This volume charts the processes and reasons for decriminalizing witchcraft. It also surveys the social role of witchcraft in European communities to the end of the 19th century. No Dustjacket

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