The Modern Antiquarian SIGNED JULIAN COPE Britain Megaliths Stone Circles Paganism Standing Stones Goddess Worship Druids England Wales

Title: The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-Millennial Odyssey through Megalithic Britain, including a Gazetteer to over 300 Prehistoric Sites

Author: Julian Cope

Description: Inscribed by Cope on flyleaf. Fine in near fine slipcase. First printing (with full number line). Slipcase shows light wear on a few corners and has minor bump on its backside edge. Illustrated. 438 pages. 11 x 7.5 inches.

The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-Millennial Odyssey through Megalithic Britain, including a Gazetteer to over 300 Prehistoric Sites.

Contents: [Book one, Essays]
1) In Search of Megalithic Britain.
2) The Landscape Temples.
3) The Ascent of Ma.
4) The Bridgit Landscapes.
5) The Book of Ur.
6) Margaret at the Stones: Megalithic Astronomy at Lunar Callanish.
7) Silbury & the Sacred Hills, Recumbent Mother Figures & Some Analogous Hill Altars,
8) Fifty-Nine Stone Circles in Aberdeenshire.
9) Proto-Neolithic Temples.
10) Metal & the Rise of the Individual in the Decline & Fall of the Great Goddess Culture.

[Book Two, A Gazetteer to over 300 British Sites, organized by region] Cornwall & Devon; Southern England; Northern England; South & West Wales; North Wales, Anglesey & the Isle of Man.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Slipcase Condition: Near Fine

Publisher: Thorsons
Place: London
Year: 1998

ISBN: 0722535996

Keywords: megaliths, Britain, UK, paganism, Goddess worship, pre-Roman, stone circles, Stonehenge, standing stones,