Autumn books. (history)
History Today, October, 1993
Our seasonal round-up of the latest history titles from the publishing world catering for the general reader and specialist alike. Eastern and Ancient Starting not quite at the beginning of time, From Carnac to Callanis: The Prehistoric Stone Rows of Britain, Ireland and Brittany by Aubrey Burl (Yale, 25 [pounds]) reveals how early processional avenues to stone circles developed into multiple lines that were built systematically over many years until the tradition culminated in simple cult centres for early families; easy to put up, yet containing delicate sightlines to the sun or moon.
Burl takes his lead from excavations, astronomical analyses and legends to explain this phenomena, the focus of rituals, for over two thousand years. ...
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