TomBo
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Re: ideal fires
Apr 23, 2004, 00:41
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"I know why I find it so rewarding to gather wood, because the smells, the sights, the creechurs, the lichen, the moss, the bryophitic glory of old deciduous woodland just grabs me by all the senses, and I can get lost for hours just 'being', with a nice fire to look forward to when it gets chilly later on."
Right on! It immerses you in the microcosm, don't you think? Its not only wonderful to be in such beautiful surroundings, but also to have no more complicated thought on your mind than "where is the next stick?"!
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GordonP
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Re: Horned Women
Apr 23, 2004, 20:40
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"didn't covens have thirteen members though?"
BLOODLY HELL!!! anyone fancy being the fourteenth member of Stonehengineers? :-)
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FourWinds
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Re: Horned Women
Apr 23, 2004, 20:45
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"I've Scottish habits!"
Och! The Tartan Monks of Inverkirky!
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Annexus Quam
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Re: commuting
Apr 26, 2004, 21:22
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sorry for the late reply, Fitz, been rather busy and I still have to finish reading this whole thread!
"This of practice of having two established campsites evolved with pastoralism with the herders taking their animals between summer and winter pastures and is still practiced in some parts of these islands - although the advent of the infernal combustion engine means that the shepherd can now commute between the high pastures and his farmhouse."
I totally agree, this way of life is so vital in some parts of Europe STILL nowadays (or until recently). The pastoralists still in basic opposition to the settlers, to urban life.
Not sure whether you will see this but I would be pleased to know what specific parts of the UK you were talking about before.
Cheers
Q
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gorseddphungus
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New Discoveries in Pastoralism
Jun 14, 2005, 10:40
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European archaeology (very backward compared to that in the British Isles) is slowly waking out of its over-academicism and lack of accurate dating; soon the whole of prehistory will have to be re-written. If the mesolithic post-holes at Stonehenge were made by pre-megalithic people, how many more ceremonial wood temples await to be discovered all over the Continent?
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=645976
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=645972
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FourWinds
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Re: Fields Recordings From The Sea
Jun 15, 2005, 11:08
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>> Haven't you often wondered why there is an almost surprising total absence of megalithic sites in the Inner
>> Continent (i.e. south and east of Germany and further south, around the Balkans)?
Just to add to this side of the remark (and add comment on the border-bound issue of archeao-attitudes) I'll add these links to this thread too.
http://www.buerserberg.at/seiten/text.php?uebergabe_link_id=42#0009
http://www.buerserberg.at/seiten/text.php?uebergabe_link_id=42&uebergabe_gruppe=1
The current trend does seem to be to expand horizons and it's about time! Sites like these are now, through the wonder of the internet, becoming better known beyond their locality. I recently saw some Romanian dolmens somewhere, so there does seem to be a continuity of megalithic structures from the Caucas Mountains to NW Ireland! Many areas inbetween will be devoid of sites, but this should not be taken to be evidence of these areas never having had any. Farming and Xtianity have been responsible for removing so many. In some areas of extreme zealousity (new word!) a total eradication of pagan monuments is both possible and probable.
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