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E-book The Circular Archtype in Microcosm : The Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scoland

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In 2015, in the final year of a six year part-time degree in archaeology at Leicester University, I chose Neolithic Carved Stone Balls (CSBs) as the subject for my final dissertation. In doing so I found it necessary to create both a Master Database and Photographic Database, as despite them being regarded by many as one of Scotland’s archaeological treasures, no national database existed for them. I soon realised that, although the databases themselves were undoubtedly useful, my actual knowledge of CSBs was limited and initial research revealed that surprisingly few studies had been carried out on these artefacts and so decided to study them in greater depth. This is the culmination of a further six years’ research into their manufacture, distribution, potential use, and the people who made and used them.Unlike Plain Stone Balls, which have also been carved and are often similar in size, Carved Stone Balls per se, have between three and one hundred ninety-two knobs or discs projecting from their surface. The most commonly found type have six knobs or discs with the second most common having four. While being made from a variety of rock types, most of those seen in museum collections are grey or black which is mainly due to the acquisition of organic or mineral coatings during 5000 years of burial along with dirt and grease from handling since rediscovery. In some instances, these coatings have been removed revealing the true coloration of the stone used; as the freshly made replicas in Figure 1.1 show, the colour of many would have, at least initially, been quite distinctive. A small number were also decorated with carved or incised motifs similar to those used on tombs in the Boyne Valley in Ireland and, to a lesser degree, rock art found elsewhere in Britain and Ireland (Bradley and Chapman 1986: 131).

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No. Panggil

930.1 STE t

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London : Archaeopress Publishing., 2022

Deskripsi Fisik

384 hlm

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English

ISBN/ISSN

9781803271279

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930.1

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text

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computer

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online resource

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Archaeology

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