Knowth - A system no one taught us to read (Paperback)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Lulu.com, London, 2026

1291879102 / 9781291879100

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Paperback. Knowth is usually presented as a prehistoric monument: a mound, a passage tomb, a decorated site within the Bru na Boinne complex. This book proposes something more restrained - and more demanding. Rather than asking what Knowth means, it asks how it works. Through a careful examination of its architecture, spatial logic, carved stones, alignments, and surrounding landscape, this book approaches Knowth as a system: a structured arrangement of space, time, movement, and memory. Not a riddle to be solved, but a language that once operated coherently - and is now only partially legible. The book includes carefully selected images of the site, integrated as visual support for the analysis. These photographs and diagrams are not presented as illustration alone, but as part of the observational process-inviting the reader to engage directly with form, texture, sequence, and spatial relationships. The text avoids speculative claims and definitive conclusions. Instead, it exposes patterns, tensions, and absences: -The dual east-west passages and their temporal implications -The kerbstones as operational elements, not decoration -Repetition, sequence, and embodied movement as forms of knowledge -The gap between archaeological models and demonstrable evidence This is not a book about mysteries or hidden truths. It is a book about structure, process, and loss of grammar. Written in a clear, reflective style and accompanied by visual material, Knowth: A System No One Taught Us to Read invites the reader to slow down, observe, and reconsider what prehistoric architecture may have been doing- without forcing it into modern explanatory frameworks. For readers interested in prehistoric Europe, archaeology, landscape, symbolic systems, and the limits of interpretation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
Knowth - A system no one taught us to read (Paperback)
Autore
Marc Cid Izquierdo
Editore
Lulu.com, London
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1291879102
ISBN 13
9781291879100

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