Abstractions Based on Circles : : Papers on Prehistoric Rock Art Presented to Stan Beckensall on His 90th Birthday / / edited by Paul Frodsham, Kate Sharpe.

Stan Beckensall is renowned for his work, done on an entirely amateur basis, discovering, recording and interpreting Atlantic rock art in his home county of Northumberland and beyond. Presented on his 90th birthday, this diverse and stimulating collection of papers celebrates his crucial contributio...

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Place / Publishing House:Oxford : : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (181 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction - Paul Frodsham and Kate Sharpe ; 1. An apt response? Encounters with cup marks and 'found rock art' in Cumbria - Kate Sharpe ; 2. Identifying changing ideologies: rock art on and around Neolithic burial monuments in Wales - George H. Nash ; 3. Recognising Irish rock art: the people behind recent discoveries in Ireland - Aoibheann Lambe ; 4. Digging into the Ronald Morris archive: a Kilmartin Glen case-study - Kenny Brophy ; 5. Close encounters: visibility and accessibility of Atlantic rock art in Scotland - Tertia Barnett, Joana Valdez-Tullett and Linda Marie Bjerketvedt ; 6. Experiencing Achnabreck: a rock art site in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland - Aaron Watson ; 7. Solar panels - Richard Bradley ; 8. Cup-marked stones in Bronze Age cairns. Excavations on Fawdon Hill (Redesdale) and other sites in north-east England - Richard Carlton ; 9. Blawearie: a cairnfield excavation in a rock art landscape - Iain Hewitt and Irene Hewitt ; 10. The strange story of the Swastika Stone on Ilkley Moor - Keith Boughey ; 11. Emblems of eternity? Cup-and-ring marks: context and connotation - Paul Frodsham ; 12. Some thoughts on future fieldwork at open-air rock art sites - Clive Waddington ; 13. 'The site chose me' - carved rocks and so much more - Aron Mazel ; 14. The Lord of the Rings - Paul G. Bahn ; 15. An inspiration for community archaeology volunteers - Phil Bowyer and Andy Curtis ; A Beckensall bibliography.