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The Circular Archetype in Microcosm: The Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scotland

by Chris L. Stewart-Moffitt
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781803271262
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Archaeopress
  • Publisher Imprint: Archaeopress
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 384
  • Original Price: GBP 60.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1364 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Europe / Great Britain / General, Archaeology, and Ancient / General

The Circular Archetype in Microcosm is the culmination of seven years research into the Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scotland. It is the first study of these enigmatic artefacts since that undertaken by Dorothy Marshall in 1977 and includes all currently known examples in both museums and private hands, described and analysed in considerable detail. For the first time, visual geological characterisation has been undertaken on approximately a third of carved stone balls, which has enabled a more detailed analysis of their potential origin and the landscapes in which they were found. The book offers a revised classification/typology of these artefacts which, following careful analysis, suggests that it is possible to determine individual craftspeople with a wide range of skills. It suggests that carved stone balls were used as unique and distinctive gestalts that represented the ideology of the core area of Aberdeenshire and enabled disparate groups to recognise one another.

Stewart-Moffitt, Chris: - Chris L. Stewart-Moffitt received a BA (Hons) in Archaeology from the University of Leicester and a PhD from the University of Aberdeen. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, a member of the Prehistoric Society and of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. He has spent the last seven years researching the carved stone balls of Late Neolithic Scotland.

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