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_aFergusson, James, _d1808-1886 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aRude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2017 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2017-04-28 | ||
| 508 | _aE-text prepared by Sonya Schermann, Brian Wilsden, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) | ||
| 520 | _a"Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses" by James Fergusson is a scholarly publication focused on archaeology and historical architecture, written in the late 19th century. The book explores the various megalithic structures found across different cultures, examining their origins, purposes, and the significance they hold in the context of ancient societies. The author aims to provide a coherent understanding of these monuments, which have often been shrouded in myth and speculation. At the start of the work, Fergusson articulates the challenges faced in elucidating the age and uses of megalithic monuments, acknowledging the confusion in existing scholarship surrounding their classifications. He reflects on his own journey through the subject, noting how previous theories lacked solid foundation and often relied on speculative thinking. The introductory chapter sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the monuments, expressing the author's aspiration to argue for a reasoned understanding of their historical context while contrasting misguided theories from antiquarians of the past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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| 653 | _aMegalithic monuments | ||
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