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Presented to Stan Beckensall on his 90th birthday, this diverse and stimulating collection of papers celebrates his crucial contribution to rock art studies, and also looks to the future. It should be of value to students of prehistoric Britain and Ireland, and anyone with an interest in rock art, for many decades to come.
Stan has done a phenomenal amount of work over recent decades, on an entirely amateur basis, discovering, recording and interpreting Atlantic rock art (‘cup-and-ring marks’) in his home county of Northumberland and elsewhere. Much of this work was done in the 1970s and 1980s when the subject, now increasingly regarded as mainstream within Neolithic studies, was largely shunned by professional archaeologists.
Anyone with an interest in rock art is greatly indebted to Stan, not only for his work and his wisdom, so graciously shared, but also, as the contributors to this volume make clear, for the inspiration he has provided, and continues to provide, for work undertaken by others.
Presented to Stan Beckensall on his 90th birthday, this diverse and stimulating collection of papers celebrates his crucial contribution to rock art studies, and also looks to the future. It should be of value to students of prehistoric Britain and Ireland, and anyone with an interest in rock art, for many decades to come.
Stan has done a phenomenal amount of work over recent decades, on an entirely amateur basis, discovering, recording and interpreting Atlantic rock art (‘cup-and-ring marks’) in his home county of Northumberland and elsewhere. Much of this work was done in the 1970s and 1980s when the subject, now increasingly regarded as mainstream within Neolithic studies, was largely shunned by professional archaeologists.
Anyone with an interest in rock art is greatly indebted to Stan, not only for his work and his wisdom, so graciously shared, but also, as the contributors to this volume make clear, for the inspiration he has provided, and continues to provide, for work undertaken by others.
Introduction – Paul Frodsham and Kate Sharpe ;
1. An apt response? Encounters with cup marks and ‘found rock art’
in Cumbria – Kate Sharpe ;
2. Identifying changing ideologies: rock art on and around
Neolithic burial monuments in Wales – George H. Nash ;
3. Recognising Irish rock art: the people behind recent discoveries
in Ireland – Aoibheann Lambe ;
4. Digging into the Ronald Morris archive: a Kilmartin Glen
case-study – Kenny Brophy ;
5. Close encounters: visibility and accessibility of Atlantic rock
art in Scotland – Tertia Barnett, Joana Valdez-Tullett and Linda
Marie Bjerketvedt ;
6. Experiencing Achnabreck: a rock art site in Kilmartin Glen,
Scotland – Aaron Watson ;
7. Solar panels – Richard Bradley ;
8. Cup-marked stones in Bronze Age cairns. Excavations on Fawdon
Hill (Redesdale) and other sites in north-east England – Richard
Carlton ;
9. Blawearie: a cairnfield excavation in a rock art landscape –
Iain Hewitt and Irene Hewitt ;
10. The strange story of the Swastika Stone on Ilkley Moor – Keith
Boughey ;
11. Emblems of eternity? Cup-and-ring marks: context and
connotation – Paul Frodsham ;
12. Some thoughts on future fieldwork at open-air rock art sites –
Clive Waddington ;
13. ‘The site chose me’ - carved rocks and so much more – Aron
Mazel ;
14. The Lord of the Rings – Paul G. Bahn ;
15. An inspiration for community archaeology volunteers – Phil
Bowyer and Andy Curtis ;
A Beckensall bibliography
Paul Frodsham has worked as a professional archaeologist in
northern England for more than 30 years, including 14 years with
the Northumberland National Park Authority and ten with the North
Pennines AONB Partnership. He now runs his own independent
consultancy (Oracle Heritage Services) and is an Honorary Fellow in
Archaeology at Durham University. He specialises in the development
and delivery of innovative community projects, e.g., Altogether
Archaeology and Belief in the North East. He has published numerous
books and papers on a variety of subjects, mostly relating to the
prehistory of northern England, especially Neolithic monuments and
rock art.
Kate Sharpe is a Research Fellow at Durham University. Her work has
three key strands which often overlap: investigating the use of
stone in prehistoric Britain, including megaliths, stone tools and,
primarily, rock art; using digital heritage to improve
understanding and awareness of the ancient past; and copyediting
and writing about archaeology. She has experience managing
community rock art projects in Northumberland, Durham and West
Yorkshire, although her research focus is the rock art of Cumbria.
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