O G S Crawford
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 314670 |
|---|---|
| NOME | O G S Crawford |
| PRENOMES | O G S |
| SOBRENOME | Crawford |
| ASSINATURA | CRAWFORD O G S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ordnance Survey |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 93 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 130 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 93 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1912 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1963 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Ethiopian Itineraries ca. 1400-1524
The Eye Goddess
The Oxford University Expedition to Socotra
Ethiopian itineraries circa 1400-1524
Man and His Past
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Atlas Aerien
The Technique of the Boyne Carvings
The prudent contributor to a Festschrift will select some subject about which he thinks he knows as much as the professor who is to receive it. That is peculiarly difficult here because of the vast range of Professor Childe's knowledge, both in time and space, far exceeding the present contributor's. This Note is offered as a grateful tribute from one of the many who have been intellectually enriched by his writings and encouraged by his devotion…
A Topographer's Past
Said and Done
How things are made and done
A few years ago I was talking to a friend of mine in our club. It was obvious that he had, as we say, something on his mind. 'Do you realize', he said, 'that in this technological age we still have no comprehensive history of technology?' I paused for a moment, but before I could speak he had answered my thoughts. 'I don't mean economic history-there are plenty of books about that; technology and economics are quite different'. I asked him to exp…
Mapping the Roman Empire
Castles and Churches in the Middle Nile Region
A Century of Air-photography
When I wrote a short history of archaeological and other air-photography in 1928 the earliest examples quoted were those taken by Major Elsdale between 1880 and 1887 ; this information was given me by the late Colonel Sir Charles Arden-Close, himself a pioneer of the craft. Since then two earlier instances have come to light. The Science Museum, South Kensington, has exhibited an air-photograph of Boston, Mass., taken in 1877 ; but unfortunately …
The Symbols carved on Stonehenge
Last summer an archaeologist, Mr R. J. C. Atkinson, taking photographs at Stonehenge, made a most remarkable discovery. He was preparing to photograph a name carved on the inward-facing (northwest) face of Stone 53, one of the Great Horseshoe Trilithons; for this purpose he had remained there after 5 o'clock on July 10th, waiting for the sun to move round and shine on it. Looking not directly at the stone itself but at the image on the glass of h…
The Geographical Study of Archaeology
The Muslim Sudan in the Making
Cerdic's Landing-place
In 1931 I wrote an article maintaining the thesis that Cerdic's ora, where in 495 Cerdic and in 514 the West Saxons landed, was to be located near Totton at the head of Southampton Water; and that he advanced westwards along an old track called the Cloven Way to Cerdic's ford, which is certainly to be put at Charford on the Salisbury Avon. I still think that the latter part of the advance must have been along the Cloven Way which led to the ford …
Archaeological History
These three books between them nearly cover the whole effective range of British archaeology, from the gropings and fumblings of medieval monks to the era of pollen analysis and radio-carbon. There is a gap of nearly a century, however, between the death of Stukeley in 1765 and the beginning of Dr Daniel's hundred years. That is the unfortunate but inevitable result of adopting the rigid yard-stick of a century for measuring what in fact is the g…
Some Medieval Theories about the Nile
This paper deals with some of the theories about the course of the Nile which were held during the late medieval and early modern period. The title needs amplification; it was difficult to find one that would be both concise and at the same time adequately descriptive. The idea of writing the paper came from Dr. Mannoni's publication of the mid-fifteenth-century map of Abyssinia called Egyptus Novelo; J and that led to an examination of Fra Mauro…
Some Linear Earthworks in the Danube Basin
Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania, and it is unlikely that any reader of this journal will have an opportunity of visiting them for many years to come. If he should visit any, he will do a service to archaeology in writing even the briefest account, noting especially two things: the terminal points and the direction faced (i.e. on which side of the bank the ditch is). Short of a visit, the ground could be prepared by a clear description o…
I.— The British Section of the Ravenna Cosmography
The compilation of the Ravenna Cosmography, as we have it, belongs to the late seventh century. It was done by a cleric of Ravenna, for one Odo, whom he describes as ‘dearset brother’ and ‘friend’, and the object of the work is to furnish a list of the countries, towns, and rivers of the known world, compiled from Greek, Roman, and Gothic authors. The author, who nowhere states his name, observes that a list was chosen as the form for the work, f…
Topography of Roman Scotland North of the Antonine Wall
Some Medieval Theories about the Nile
Said and done
The Eye Goddess
Air Survey and Archaeology
Wessex from the Air
Air Photographs of the Middle East
The Distribution of Early Bronze Age Settlements in Britain
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Ethiopian itineraries circa 1400-1524
The Long Barrows of the Cotswolds
Castles and Churches in the Middle Nile Region
Durrington Walls
Probably not one in ten thousand of those who pass through the middle of Durrington Walls is aware of its existence. Though plainly visible when once pointed out, the earthen ramparts have been so greatly altered by ploughing as to be hardly recognizable, and the reconstruction of their orginal form is a very pretty exercise in field-archaeologyThe walls consists of a round enclosure, cut into two unequal parts by the road from Amesbury to Nether…
A Prehistoric Invasion of England
In his account of the leaf-shaped bronze swords of the Hallstatt period, the late M. Déchelette wrote: ‘Doubtless one might ask whether this weapon might not have been brought to the British Isles by the first Celtic invaders, but that is purely conjectural ( une conjecture fragile ), for it is difficult among the British finds the same period to detect any really characteristic analogies’ (vol. ii, pt. 2, p. 724). The same paragraph points out t…
Some Medieval Theories about the Nile
This paper deals with some of the theories about the course of the Nile which were held during the late medieval and early modern period. The title needs amplification; it was difficult to find one that would be both concise and at the same time adequately descriptive. The idea of writing the paper came from Dr. Mannoni's publication of the mid-fifteenth-century map of Abyssinia called Egyptus Novelo; J and that led to an examination of Fra Mauro…
The Writing of Njoya
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The Giant of Cerne and other Hill-figures
Few monuments are more interesting to the general observer than the hill-figures carved on the chalk downs of Southern England. The publication of Sir Flinders Petrie's monograph has led us to revisit one of those he describes; and the resulting observations are here set down for what they are worth
The Ancient Settlements at Harlyn Bay
Harlyn Bay is situated about the middle of the north coast of Cornwall, near Trevose Head, on the west of the estuary of the Camel, about four miles from Padstow. A number of discoveries of great archaeological importance have been made there and in the neighbouring bay of Constantine on the west; but so far no critical summary of the whole evidence in the light of recent knowledge has been attempted. The fullest account is that by the late Rev. …
The Work of Giants
Of their kind there are few things more beautiful than the field-walls in a stony country. They are constructed, as a rule, without mortar, and for that reason are called 'dry stone walls'; the term is useful, as a distinction, and will serve, but many of them are reinforced by an admixture of earth, or of a kind of daub that sets fairly hard. The walls of the moister West Country are the most beautiful of all, for innumerable plants take root in…
Museums Old and New
Most readers of ANTIQUITYw ill have heard of the Pergamon Museum at Berlin; its opening was the chief event of the centenary celebrations of the German Archaeological Institute (see Mr R. G. Collingwood's note in ANTIQUITY, 1929, III, 339). Those, however, who have not actually seen it can hardly realize what an outstanding achievement that museum already is, even in its present unfinished state; nor perhaps do they know that the Pergamon reconst…
The Chiltern Grim's Ditches
Quite a long time ago the Editor received an article on certain liner earthworks in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. The author, Mr M.W. Hughes, developed a reasoned hypothesis to account for the facts, basing his argument on the assumption that the course of the ditches marked on the Ordnance Maps was as correct and complete as possible. It seemed desirable, however, to test this in the field, and the Editor therefore applied to the Archaeology …
Grim's Ditch in Wychwood, Oxon
There are many Grim's ditches in the South of England; and there are other ditches of similar appearance and dimensions which, though not called by this name, may have had the same origin. Amongst them probably is Wansdyke, more correctly called Wansditch, and originally Woden's ditch. Locally these earthworks are now generally known as the Devil's ditch. I shall describe here the course of one such Grim's ditch, based upon field-work carried out…
Barrows
The fascination of Archaeology consists in reconstructing the life of the past, but by a curious paradox we obtain most of our raw material from the graves of the dead. We profit by the superstition which ordained that the dead man should be supplied with tools and weapons, and the dead woman with ornaments, to accompany them to the land of shadows. We profit also by the conservative instinct which regulated the construction of the tomb and the a…
Lyonesse
Once upon a time (so tradition says) a region of extreme fertility lay between the Scilly Islands and Cornwall. This land was called Lyonesse; and where now roll the waters of the Atlantic there once stood prosperous towns and no less than a hundred and forty churches. The rocks called the Seven Stones, seven miles west of Land's End, are said to mark the site of a large city. This country was overwhelmed by the sea, and the sole survivor, one Tr…
The Birchington Hoard
Fourteen bronze axe-heads of the palstave type were found in an earthen bowl 3 ft. below the surface in Southend Brickfield at a spot approximately 200 ft. from the west corner of the Girls' National School, and 510 ft. from the south-west corner of No. 1, Dodinga. The bowl was broken, and the base and the greater part of the lower part were not recovered; but sufficient of the upper part was saved to give the approximate diameter and enough of t…
Prehistoric Geography
How things are made and done
A few years ago I was talking to a friend of mine in our club. It was obvious that he had, as we say, something on his mind. 'Do you realize', he said, 'that in this technological age we still have no comprehensive history of technology?' I paused for a moment, but before I could speak he had answered my thoughts. 'I don't mean economic history-there are plenty of books about that; technology and economics are quite different'. I asked him to exp…
Mapping the Roman Empire
A Century of Air-photography
When I wrote a short history of archaeological and other air-photography in 1928 the earliest examples quoted were those taken by Major Elsdale between 1880 and 1887 ; this information was given me by the late Colonel Sir Charles Arden-Close, himself a pioneer of the craft. Since then two earlier instances have come to light. The Science Museum, South Kensington, has exhibited an air-photograph of Boston, Mass., taken in 1877 ; but unfortunately …
The Symbols carved on Stonehenge
Last summer an archaeologist, Mr R. J. C. Atkinson, taking photographs at Stonehenge, made a most remarkable discovery. He was preparing to photograph a name carved on the inward-facing (northwest) face of Stone 53, one of the Great Horseshoe Trilithons; for this purpose he had remained there after 5 o'clock on July 10th, waiting for the sun to move round and shine on it. Looking not directly at the stone itself but at the image on the glass of h…
The Distribution of Early Bronze Age Settlements in Britain
The Distribution of Early Bronze Age Settlements in Britain
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Description of Vase Found on Nunwell Down, Isle of Wight
Celtic Place-Names in England
VI.— The Llynfawr and other Hoards of the Bronze Age
Mr. John Ward, F.S.A., lately Keeper of the Department of Archaeology in the National Museum of Wales, has been prevented by illness from publishing this hoard, which was until recently under his care. The following summary embodies information kindly supplied by him regarding the circumstances of the find
Place-Names
The Ancient Settlements at Harlyn Bay
Harlyn Bay is situated about the middle of the north coast of Cornwall, near Trevose Head, on the west of the estuary of the Camel, about four miles from Padstow. A number of discoveries of great archaeological importance have been made there and in the neighbouring bay of Constantine on the west; but so far no critical summary of the whole evidence in the light of recent knowledge has been attempted. The fullest account is that by the late Rev. …
Man and His past
Note on the construction of hill-top camps
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A Roman Site at Ham, near Newbury, Berks
During the late autumn of 1919 I did some digging in a gravel-pit where, during the war, I had found fragments of pottery. One workman was employed and the necessary funds were subscribed by residents in the Newbury district. The pit is in the parish of Thatcham, on the south side of the Bath road, exactly midway between Thatcham and Newbury, in the angle between the Bath road and the ‘lower way’ to Thatcham. The gravel for which it is worked is …
A Prehistoric Invasion of England
In his account of the leaf-shaped bronze swords of the Hallstatt period, the late M. Déchelette wrote: ‘Doubtless one might ask whether this weapon might not have been brought to the British Isles by the first Celtic invaders, but that is purely conjectural ( une conjecture fragile ), for it is difficult among the British finds the same period to detect any really characteristic analogies’ (vol. ii, pt. 2, p. 724). The same paragraph points out t…
Hangman's Stones
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Archaeology and the Ordnance Survey
Prehistoric Geography
Man and His past
Air Survey and Archaeology
A Traveller in Little Things
Air Survey and Archaeology
A note on the Peutinger Table and the fifth and ninth iters
It seems possible to reconcile these two authorities without much difficulty. A good deal depends upon the order in which the Peutinger stations are read, but here the Iter helps
The Birchington Hoard
Fourteen bronze axe-heads of the palstave type were found in an earthen bowl 3 ft. below the surface in Southend Brickfield at a spot approximately 200 ft. from the west corner of the Girls' National School, and 510 ft. from the south-west corner of No. 1, Dodinga. The bowl was broken, and the base and the greater part of the lower part were not recovered; but sufficient of the upper part was saved to give the approximate diameter and enough of t…
The Stonehenge Avenue
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A perforated stone in Shropshire
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Air-photograph of Gainstrop, Lincs
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The Long Barrows of the Cotswolds
Archaeology and the Ordnance Survey
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