Encyclopaedia of rude stone monuments in all countries /
Fergusson James
Encyclopaedia of rude stone monuments in all countries / James Fergusson, - 2015. - New Delhi, Cosmo publications; 2015. - 313 p . ; hardbound 15x25cm
1. Introductory
2. Preliminary observations
3. Avebury and stonehenge
4. Minor English Antiquities
5. Ireland
6. scotland
7. Scandinavia and North Germany
8. France
9. Spain, Portugal, and Italy
10. Algeria
11. Mediterranean Islands
12. Western Asia
13. India
14. America
Till antiquaries are agreed whether the circles are temples or tombs or observatories, whether the dolmens are monuments of the dead or altars for sacrificing living men, and whether the mounds are tombs or law courts, it seems impossible, without arguing every point, to write anything that will be generally accepted. Still more, till it is decided whether they are really prehistoric or were erected at the periods where tradition and history place them, it seems in vain to attempt to explain in a simple narrative form either their age or uses.
978-81-307-1670-1
930.1 / FER
Encyclopaedia of rude stone monuments in all countries / James Fergusson, - 2015. - New Delhi, Cosmo publications; 2015. - 313 p . ; hardbound 15x25cm
1. Introductory
2. Preliminary observations
3. Avebury and stonehenge
4. Minor English Antiquities
5. Ireland
6. scotland
7. Scandinavia and North Germany
8. France
9. Spain, Portugal, and Italy
10. Algeria
11. Mediterranean Islands
12. Western Asia
13. India
14. America
Till antiquaries are agreed whether the circles are temples or tombs or observatories, whether the dolmens are monuments of the dead or altars for sacrificing living men, and whether the mounds are tombs or law courts, it seems impossible, without arguing every point, to write anything that will be generally accepted. Still more, till it is decided whether they are really prehistoric or were erected at the periods where tradition and history place them, it seems in vain to attempt to explain in a simple narrative form either their age or uses.
978-81-307-1670-1
930.1 / FER