10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERISTALITH»
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The TRB West Group: Studies in the Chronology and Geography ...
Find-situation. In 1961-62, preceding his restoration ofthe peristalith of hunebed
D20 at Drouwen— the interior of which Holwerda had excavated in 1912 — Van
Giffen excavated a considerable number of deep trenches all round the grave.
2
The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales
To judge from Rowlands's description5 and sketch6 there was once a peristalith (
i.e. a free-standing spaced setting of stones surrounding the barrow) at Bryn Celli
Ddu, and what was probably the socket of one of the stones of this peristalith ...
3
The Prehistoric Chamber Tombs of England and Wales
To judge from Rowlands's description5 and sketch6 there was once a peristalith (
i.e. a free-standing spaced setting of stones surrounding the barrow) at Bryn Celli
Ddu, and what was probably the socket of one of the stones of this peristalith ...
peristalith, is covered by a c. 0.50 m thick layer of humic soil (pi. Xlllb). According
to Van Giffen: 'A sort of platform seems to be indicated around the peristalith
extending out to the main circle? It is uncertain whether we are here faced with a
...
5
Ulster Journal of Archaeology
The Peristalith. The U-shaped peristalith is constructed of upright basalt stones,
of which the two making the corners of the facade (c and s) stand up more
prominently than the others adjacent to them (see elevations of facade and north
...
6
Archaeologia Cambrensis: The Journal of the Cambrian ...
The determining factors in this matter seem to lie with the stone-holes of the
peristalith already mentioned, and with a series of small upright stones, two of
which, at the apparent tips of the horns, have also been described. Of the first it
has ...
7
Statements in Stone: Monuments and Society in Neolithic Brittany
The monument of La Croix-St-Pierre has a recumbent slab at the foot of each
upright of the peristalith (figure 3.13a). The long mound of Le Quillio was found to
be extensively damaged, but the stones of the peristalith are much larger than ...
8
Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
... periptery A building having a peristyle of a single row of columns. peristalith A
series of standing stones or stone slabs which surround an object such as a
burial mound or barrow. peristasis The ring of columns which encircles a
peripteral ...
There is nothing to remind us of Coldrum in such Dutch peristalith megaliths as
Assen1, Borger 2, Borger 8, Sleen 2 and Havel te 1.2 The Hunbeds and Giants'
Graves (Riesensteingraber) of Germany present more types than the Dutch ...
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
Despite this, it is probable that even in Neolithic times cairn material had already
slipped and at least partially obscured the peristalith. Cairns of oval plan,
therefore should not be accepted as original unless excavation proves otherwise.
Prehistoric Society (London, England), 1960
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERISTALITH»
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Semifinalists advanced with such doozies as "peristalith," a ring of upright stones; "persiflage," frivolous banter; "graminivorous," feeding on ... «ABC15.com, May 13»
