Ohio Archæological and Historical Publications
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read moreTourism in County Longford: Archaeological Sites in County Longford, Buildings and Structures in County Longford, Geography of County Longford
Chapters: Archaeological Sites in County Longford, Buildings and Structures in County Longford, Geography of County Longford, Mullinalaghta, Corlea Trackway, Pearse Park, Bully’s Acre. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: …More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4403959
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read moreArchaeological Sites in Russia: Veliky Novgorod
Chapters: Veliky Novgorod. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 151. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Veliky Novgorod – Despite its name, Novgorod is among the most ancient cities of the East Slavs. The Sofia First Chronicle first mentions it in 859; the Novgorodian First Chronicle mentions it first under the year 862 when it was allegedly already a major station on the trade route from the Baltics to Byzantium. Archaeological excavations in the middle to late twentieth century, however, have found cultural layers dating back only to the late tenth century, the time of the Christianization of Rus and a century after it was allegedly founded, suggesting that the chronicle entries mentioning Novgorod in the 850s or 860s are later interpolations. The Varangian name of the city Holmgård (Holmgarðr or Holmgarðir) is mentioned in Norse Sagas as existing at a yet earlier stage, but historical facts cannot here be disentangled from legend. Originally, Holmgård referred only to the stronghold southeast of the present-day city, Riurikovo Gorodishche (named in comparatively modern time after Varangian chieftain Rurik, who supposedly made it his “capital” around 860 CE). Archeological data suggests that the Gorodische, the residence of the Knyaz (prince), dates from the middle of 9th century, whereas the town itself dates only from the end of the 10th century, hence the name Novgorod, “new city”, from Old Norse Novgarðr, also rendered as Naugard in Old High German and Middle High German. Bronze monument to the Millennium of Russia (1862) In 882, Rurik’s successor, Oleg of Novgorod, captured Kiev and founded the state of Kievan Rus’. Novgorod’s size as well as its political, economic, and cultural influence made it the second city in Kievan Rus’. According to a custom, the elder son and heir of …More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21488120
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read moreArchaeological Sites in County Westmeath: Lough Lene, Collinstown, Fore Abbey, Randoon, Ranaghan, Uisnech, Clonyn Castle, Tristernagh Abbey
Chapters: Lough Lene, Collinstown, Fore Abbey, Randoon, Ranaghan, Uisnech, Clonyn Castle, Tristernagh Abbey. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lough Lene – The name of the lake has appeared in a variety of ways including Lane, Léin and Leibhinn. Sir Henry Piers believed the lake’s name translated as Lake of Learning, tying in with his translation of Fore as the Town of Books. However, other sources seem more inclined to the tradition that the lake was named after the daughter of the fabled Manannán mac Lir (see Children of Lir). The lake is described in Lewis’s Topographical as being an irregular oval shape, possibly 3.2 km (2 miles) long by 1.7 km (1 mile) broad. A freshwater lake, most sources focus on the clarity of the water, with the term “gin clear” being used frequently to describe it. It sits approximately 97 metres (312 ft) above sea level and covers approximately 500 hectares. It plays a vital part in local life from being the water supply for Collinstown to playing an essential part in the social, historical and recreational life of the area. Nun’s Island on Lough Lene was once the site of a convent. Baile na gCailleach, the old Irish name for the town of Collinstown, when translated means “the town of the veiled women, or “the town of the old hags”. This was an irreverent name which referred to the nuns of the convent on the island. The two other islands are Castle Island, and Turgesius Island. An ancient bell was found on Castle Island in 1881 and is now in the National Museum of Ireland. A half size reproduction of the ancient bell was presented to Dáil Éireann in 1931 by the widow of a former member of the House, Bryan Cooper, and it has since been the bell of the Ceann Comhairle (Chairperson) of Dáil Éireann. A survey revealed t…More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8612670
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read moreHuman Remains (Archaeological): Ötzi the Iceman
Chapters: Ötzi the Iceman. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 205. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ötzi the Iceman (pronounced (help·info)), Similaun Man or Man from Hauslabjoch are modern names of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man who lived about 5300 years ago. The mummy was found in September 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Ötztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy. The nickname comes from Ötztal (Ötz valley), the region in which he was discovered. He is Europe’s oldest natural human mummy, and has offered an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Europeans. The body and his belongings are displayed in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, northern Italy. Ötzi the Iceman while still frozen in the glacier, photographed by Helmut Simon upon the discovery of the body in September 1991 Another early photograph of the body before its removal from the iceÖtzi was found by two German tourists from Nuremberg, Helmut and Erika Simon, on 19 September 1991. The body was at first thought to be a modern corpse, like several others which had been recently found in the region. Lying on its front and frozen in ice below the torso, it was crudely removed from the glacier by the Austrian authorities using a small jackhammer (which punctured the hip of the body) and ice-axes using non-archaeological methods. In addition, before the body was removed from the ice, people were allowed to see it, and some took portions of the clothing and tools as souvenirs. The body was then taken to a morgue in Innsbruck, where its true age was subsequently ascertained. Subsequent surveys in October 1991 showed that the body had been located 92.56 meters inside Italian territory . Since 1998 it has been on display at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in …More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22742
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read moreArchaeological Sites in Scotland: Chapeltoun
Chapters: Chapeltoun. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 221. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Chapeltoun is an estate on the banks of the Annick Water in East Ayrshire, Scotland. This is a rural area famous for its milk and cheese production and the Ayrshire or Dunlop breed of cattle. The feudal allocation of tenements to the vassals of the overlord, such as Hugh de Morville, was carried out very carefully, with the boundaries being walked and carefully recorded. The term ‘ton’ at this time was added to the site of the dwelling house, not necessarily a grand stone-built structure, which was bounded by a wall or fence. The tenements were held in a military tenure, the land being in exchange for military assistance to the overlord. In later years the military assistance could be exchanged for financial payment. The name Templeton may have arisen due to lands here being given by the overlord to a vassal. The site of the original dwelling is unknown, Laigh Chapelton being the oldest known site of a habitation, probably dating from at least 1775. The name Chapelton is relatively recent as Pont’s Map of 1604 does not show such a place name; however, he does show a Templeton in approximately the right place between the Annick Water and the river Glazert. Other Knights Templar temple-lands were to be found at the Templehouse and Fortalice in the old village of Darlington near Stewarton, Templehouse near Dunlop, at Templetounburn on the outskirts of Crookedholm and at several other places in the area, such as Temple-Ryburn and Temple-Hapland. In 1312 the Knights Templar order, whose Scottish headquarters had been at Torphichen, was disbanded and its lands given to the Knights of St. John who today run the St John Ambulance amongst other activities. Lord Torphichen as preceptor obtained the…More: http://booksllc.net/?id=5219405
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read moreByzantine Archaeological Sites in Greece: Argos, Angelokastro, Hexamilion Wall, Acrocorinth, Komnina, Greece
Chapters: Argos, Angelokastro, Hexamilion Wall, Acrocorinth, Komnina, Greece. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Argos – The region of Argos is known as the Argolis, Argolid, or Argeia. The inhabitants of Argos were known as or Argv in Latin, rendered Argives in English. The name might be of pre-Greek (“Pelasgian”) derivation; the name of its acropolis, Larissa, certainly is. Aitiology derives it from a mythological founder, Argos son of Zeus and Niobe (see also Danaus). If the name is Indo-European, it may be related to the adjective argós (ó, “shimmering” or “quick”), from a root arg- (PIE , hence also argyros, silver), with a meaning “shining brightly” or similar. A Neolithic settlement was located near the central sanctuary of Argois, removed 45 stadia (8 km; 5 miles) from Argos, closer to Mycenae. The temple was dedicated to “Argivian Hera”. The main festival of that temple was the Hekatombaia, one of the major festivals of Argos itself. Walter Burkert (Homo necans, p. 185) connected the festival to the myth of the slaying of Argus Panoptes by Hermes (“shimmering” or “quick”), and only secondarily associated with mythological Argus (or the toponym). Argos was a major stronghold of Mycenaean times, and along with the neighbouring acropolis of Mycenae and Tiryns became a very early settlement because of its commanding positions in the midst of the fertile plain of Argolis. During Homeric times it belonged to a follower of Agamemnon and gave its name to the surrounding district; the Argolid which the Romans knew as Argeia. The importance of Argos was eclipsed by nearby Sparta after the 6th century BC. Because of its refusal to fight or send supplies in the Graeco-Persian Wars, Argos was shunned by most other city-states. Argos remained neutral o…More: http://booksllc.net/?id=70011