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The Silbury Treasure: The Great Goddess Rediscovered

Author(s):

Dames, Michael

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket:

Yes

Dust Jacket Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

–

Impression:

–

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Thames and Hudson

Publication Year:

1976

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

9780500050279

Book ID:

037644

Catalogue(s):

History – Ancient ◇ Myths, Legends, Folklore and Fairy Tales

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192pp, numerous in-text black and white photographs and illustrations. Burgundy cloth-covered boards; gilt publisher’s logo on front, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Text block edges tanning, affecting page margins. Endpapers tanning. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket tanning, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, not price clipped.

Michael Dames proposes Silbury Hill, a prehistoric site in Wiltshire symbolises a neolithic Great Goddess figure, the hill itself being her body. He uses evidence from astronomy, folklore, and archaeology to support this theory, suggesting the hill was built to embody the concept of the mother goddess. His supposition has been quite influential, its themes being taken up by artists, writers and researchers.

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