Edition |
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
Description |
xviii, 318 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm |
Note |
Originally published: Sydney, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2016. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index. |
Contents |
Encyclopaedic memories of the elders -- Memory spaces, large and small -- Memory spaces in a modern world --- A journey through time -- The ever-changing memory spaces at Stonehenge -- The megalithic complexes of Avebury and Orkney -- Newgrange and the passage cairns of Ireland -- The tall stones and endless rows of Carnac -- The unparalleled architecture of Chaco Canyon -- Giants drawings on the desert floor at Nasca -- Memory spaces across the Americas -- Polynesian navigators create a unique world on Easter Island. |
Subject |
Civilization, Ancient.
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Building, Stone.
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Monuments -- Design and construction -- History.
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Civilization, Ancient. (OCoLC)fst00862946
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Building, Stone. (OCoLC)fst00840939
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Monuments -- Design and construction.
(OCoLC)fst01025903
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HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies.
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ISBN |
9781681773254 (hardcover) |
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1681773252 (hardcover) |
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