J V S Megaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 92663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J V S Megaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | J V S |
| FAMILY NAME | Megaw |
| SIGNATURE | MEGAW J V S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Flinders University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 64 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 64 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A Bohemian paradise
It is true that in Europe when it comes to writing broad-based surveys of their archaeology some countries have been more equal than others. The United Kingdom and Ireland probably hold the record, closely followed by the Low Countries. The Czechs also have a long tradition of publishing surveys in one or other of the major European languages, commencing with three slender but well-illustrated volumes with texts in French by the prehistorian Albí…
Art Styles and Analysis1
Note on the Discovery of a Core of “Horsehoof” Type at Wattamolla, N.S.W: Curracurrang Interim Report No. 3
Marks of Natives Everywhere'1
Strike the lyre: Notes on an Eastern Celtic motif
Emeritus Professor Derek Douglas Alexander Simpson
Derek Simpson was a product of what those of us fortunate enough to be students at the time regard as the golden years of archaeology at the University of Edinburgh
The European Iron Age with – and Without – Celts: A Bibliographical Essay
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The European Iron Age with - and without - Celts: A Bibliographical Essay
Waldalgesheim
La Tène
Celtic art
Dürrnberg
Cartoons, Crocodiles and Celtic art: Images from a Scholar’s Notebooks
The mechanism of (Celtic) dreams: A Partial Response to Our Critics
Readers of recent issues of ANTIQUITY will have doubtless been struck by the passions which can be aroused by discussions concerning concepts of prehistoric as well as present-day ethnicity. Here the Megaws round off a Celtic trilogy of papers with what will surely not be the last word in an important debate
Visualising archaeology: Has the past a future? a
In memory of Stuart Piggott (d. 23 September 1996) and in gratitude to Derek John Mulvaney and Donald Brook, the Three Wise Men in my academic life
Ancient Celts and modern ethnicity
In September 1994 the European Association of Archaeologists held its inaugural meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, a sovereign nation formerly part of Yugoslavia. As was to be expected in such a place and at such a time, questions of ethnicity and identity were much in evidence. Here a classic case-study in defining an ancient European entity is explored from a fresh starting-point in contemporary Australia; it was first developed in the Ljubljana s…
‘There’s A Hole In My Shield…’A Textual Footnote
It is unfortunately a truism that by and large archaeologists make very poor use of available historical sources - unless, that is, they are historians by training. The purpose of this brief note is to draw attention to an overlooked reference in Joseph Banks' Endeavour journal which seems to lend further authenticity to the identification of a bark shield now in the Museum of Mankind (British Museum). The possible significance of the shield was…
Something old, something new: Further notes on the Aborigines of the Sydney District as represented by their surviving artefacts, and as depicted in some early European representations. In F.D. McCart…
Something old, something new: further notes on the Aborigines of the Sydney District as represented by their surviving artefacts, and as depicted in some early European representations. In F.D. McCarthy, Commemorative Papers (Archaeology, Anthropology, Rock Art), ed. Jim Specht
A Late Iron Age Cast Bronze Head Probably from Chepstow
In November 1987 a bronze highly stylized animal head was shown to me in my capacity as Curator of Newport Museum (figs. 1–3). The head which appeared to be of late Iron Age date is described below. The owner agreed to lend the piece to the Museum for conservation. The investigations included two separate metal analyses, carried out independently by Dr J. P. Northover at the University of Oxford and by R. Jones at the University of Wales, Cardiff…
A Decorated Late Iron Age Torc from Dinnington, South Yorkshire
In August 1984 Mr James Rickett, using a metal detector adjacent to a public footpath in a wood near Dinnington, South Yorkshire, found a bronze torc. Recognizing it as an important find he promptly took it into Sheffield City Museum, Weston Park. Subsequently the landowners, Mr and Mrs J. H. Morrell, generously donated the torc to the Museum (Accession no. SHEFM:1984.515). Later a careful survey was made of the wood by staff of Sheffield City Mu…
The Dreamtime Comes To Park Avenue: The Surveyors Surveyed
Peter Sutton (ed.) with contributions by Peter Sutton, Christopher Anderson, Françoise Dussart, Steven Hemming and Philip Jones. Dreamings: the art of Aboriginal Australia. Ringwood, Victoria: Viking-Penguin Books Australia in association with the Asia Society Galleries, New York. 1988. xiv, 266pp., 264 numbered figures, additional maps, photographs, line drawings, catalogue, biographies of the artists, notes, references, index. $60.00 (casebound…
Archaeology without politics ? some European experiences
Some personal views on the historicity of perception and the general contemporary interaction between archaeology and politics are discussed. The role of archaeologists as keepers and interpreters of the corporate consciousness in Europe and elsewhere is highlighted
Further Finds from the Le Câtillon Hoard
Previously unrecorded finds from the Le Câtillon hoard are documented. It is now clear that the hoard was not found in three lots but in a single closed group. The brooches in the hoard suggests a date of c. 40–20 BC rather than during the Caesarian campaigns. The suggestions that the silver brooches in the hoard and others like them are Italian and that most Gallo-Belgic coinage arrived in Britain during the Gallic Wars are reviewed critically
Miranda Green. The gods of the Celts. Gloucester: Alan Sutton & Totowa (NJ): Barnes & Noble, 1986. x + 257 pages, 103 illustrations. £14.95 hardback. - Ralph Merrifield. The archaeology of ritual and …
Miranda Green. The gods of the Celts. Gloucester: Alan Sutton & Totowa (NJ): Barnes & Noble, 1986. x + 257 pages, 103 illustrations. £14.95 hardback. - Ralph Merrifield. The archaeology of ritual and magic. London: B.T. Batsford, 1987. xiv + 224 pages, 58 plates 8figures. £14.95 hardback. - Graham Webster. The British Celts and their gods under Rome. London: B.T. Batsford, 1986. 205 pages, 17 figures, 22 plates. £14.95 hardback. - Volume 61 Issue…
The Romans in Central Europe
Ancient Celts and modern ethnicity
In September 1994 the European Association of Archaeologists held its inaugural meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia, a sovereign nation formerly part of Yugoslavia. As was to be expected in such a place and at such a time, questions of ethnicity and identity were much in evidence. Here a classic case-study in defining an ancient European entity is explored from a fresh starting-point in contemporary Australia; it was first developed in the Ljubljana s…
The Beaker Folk: Copper Age Archaeology in Western Europe
A Dated Culture Sequence for the South Sydney Region of New South Wales
Western Desert Acrylic Painting —Artefact or Art
Cheshire Cat and Mickey Mouse: Analysis, interpretation and the art of the La Tène Iron Age
Nearly seventy years ago Wilhelm Worringer first wrote that ‘ultimately all our definitions of art are definitions of classical art’ (Worringer, 1953, 132). Today, the study of Western European art history, old or modern, the products of peasant craft-centres or urban ‘schools’, has in the course of time developed its own methodology and, almost, mystique. In contrast, the study of many branches of prehistoric art in Europe and elsewhere is all t…
Further Finds from the Le Câtillon Hoard
Previously unrecorded finds from the Le Câtillon hoard are documented. It is now clear that the hoard was not found in three lots but in a single closed group. The brooches in the hoard suggests a date of c. 40–20 BC rather than during the Caesarian campaigns. The suggestions that the silver brooches in the hoard and others like them are Italian and that most Gallo-Belgic coinage arrived in Britain during the Gallic Wars are reviewed critically
Captain Cook and Bone Barbs at Botany Bay
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The Vix Burial
One of the best known and most quoted finds in western Europe must be that of the 'princess's burial' of Vix discovered early in 1953 not far from Châtillon-sur-Seine below the Celtic stronghold of Mont Lassois (Latisco). The contents of the grave are such that classical no less than prehistoric archaeologists have had cause to add to the still increasing literature on the site [I].Recently, discussion has ranged over two of the foremost problems…
A British Bronze Bowl of the Belgic Iron Age from Poland
The purpose of this article is to elaborate the recent publication of a remarkable piece of bronze-smithing and to illustrate rather more fully than has been done hitherto an object which should be of particular interest to British prehistorians. Some discussion of the implications of a Belgic bowl imported into the Germanic area of the Roman Iron Age may be added by way of an appendix to Lady (Aileen) Fox's recent paper on the Rose Ash find
Penny Whistles and Prehistory
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Cartoons, Crocodiles and Celtic art: Images from a Scholar’s Notebooks
The mechanism of (Celtic) dreams: A Partial Response to Our Critics
Readers of recent issues of ANTIQUITY will have doubtless been struck by the passions which can be aroused by discussions concerning concepts of prehistoric as well as present-day ethnicity. Here the Megaws round off a Celtic trilogy of papers with what will surely not be the last word in an important debate
A Decorated Late Iron Age Torc from Dinnington, South Yorkshire
In August 1984 Mr James Rickett, using a metal detector adjacent to a public footpath in a wood near Dinnington, South Yorkshire, found a bronze torc. Recognizing it as an important find he promptly took it into Sheffield City Museum, Weston Park. Subsequently the landowners, Mr and Mrs J. H. Morrell, generously donated the torc to the Museum (Accession no. SHEFM:1984.515). Later a careful survey was made of the wood by staff of Sheffield City Mu…
Style and style groupings in continental early La Tène art
Fine metal‐work of La Tène Ia/A1–2 date, mainly associated with early Fürstengräber, is examined in an attempt to establish individual ‘schools’ or workshop traditions, particular emphasis being placed on non‐representational motifs of ultimately classical origin. Two general groups of gold‐work are postulated, and consideration is given to related objects exhibiting complex engraved designs. A final section discusses the possible conclusions to …
Visualising archaeology: Has the past a future? a
In memory of Stuart Piggott (d. 23 September 1996) and in gratitude to Derek John Mulvaney and Donald Brook, the Three Wise Men in my academic life
Palmette and Circle: Early Celtic Art in Britain and its Continental Background
Following an outline of some aspects of continental Early Celtic art in which the importance of Mediterranean plant-derived motifs and compass construction work is emphasised, the authors consider some significant aspects of the development of the various sword sub-styles. An analysis of selected insular pieces points out the differences from, rather than the seeming similarities to continental Celtic art. It is argued that the earliest of such p…
The Dowgate Plaque: A Bronze Mount of the Belgic Iron Age from the City of London
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies and the 1963 Conference on Nomenclature of Implements and Cultures
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A Bronze Mount from Mâcon: A Miniature Masterpiece of the Celtic Iron Age Reappraised
In 1872 there came into the possession of the British Museum a small bronze fitting. In length 71 mm. and cast in a single piece, one end is in the shape of a bovine head, the other being a ring set at right-angles to the head, the shank having the appearance when viewed from the side of being bent back on itself to complete the circle; the maximum outer diameter of this ring is 27 mm. The animal's brow is defined by a double ridge which forms th…
Folklore and Tradition on North Uist
The European Iron Age with - and without - Celts: A Bibliographical Essay
The Felmersham Fish-Head Spout
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Analyses of British and Irish Early Bronze Age Axes in the Nicholson Museum, Sydney
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Two La Tène finger rings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: An essay on the human face and Early Celtic Art
Article Two La Tène finger rings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: an essay on the human face and Early Celtic Art was published on January 1, 1966 in the journal Praehistorische Zeitschrift (volume 43-44, issue Jahresband)
A Bronze Spear-head from the Heathery Burn Cave, Co. Durham
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Folklore and Tradition on North Uist
Penny Whistles and Prehistory
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Across the Northe Sea: A Review
Exactly three centuries ago last year, Johan Picardt, parson of Coevorder in Drenthe and Adviser for Land-Reclamation, wrote in a regional study worthy of comparison with his contemporary John Aubrey’s Monumenta Britannica : ‘Our fore-fathers had not pen, ink, nor paper, which had they possessed would have enabled us to learn of strange things. Howsomever, they have bequeathed us signs enough if only it were that we could read them.’ Each one of …
An End-Blown Flute or Flageolet from White Castle
(1961). An End-Blown Flute or Flageolet from White Castle. Medieval Archaeology: Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 176-180
Grobin-Seeburg: Ausgrabungen und Funde . By Birger Nerman
Penny Whistles and Prehistory: Further Notes
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A Bronze Mount from Mâcon: A Miniature Masterpiece of the Celtic Iron Age Reappraised
In 1872 there came into the possession of the British Museum a small bronze fitting. In length 71 mm. and cast in a single piece, one end is in the shape of a bovine head, the other being a ring set at right-angles to the head, the shank having the appearance when viewed from the side of being bent back on itself to complete the circle; the maximum outer diameter of this ring is 27 mm. The animal's brow is defined by a double ridge which forms th…
A short cist burial on north Uist and some notes on the prehistory of the Outer Isles in the second millennium BC
A Decorated Iron Age Bridle-bit in the London Museum: Its place in Art and Archaeology
That the London Museum possesses one fine Iron Age bridle-bit has been known since the publication in the 1939 Proceedings of that from Walthamstow, Essex. It is the purpose of this paper to draw attention to another in the same collection. The second bit was found in 1897 in the Thames at Old Windsor, Berkshire, and was acquired by Mr William H. Lloyd, Jnr., of St. Margaret's. In 1908, with the rest of his collection, it passed to Richmond Publi…
A British Bronze Bowl of the Belgic Iron Age from Poland
The purpose of this article is to elaborate the recent publication of a remarkable piece of bronze-smithing and to illustrate rather more fully than has been done hitherto an object which should be of particular interest to British prehistorians. Some discussion of the implications of a Belgic bowl imported into the Germanic area of the Roman Iron Age may be added by way of an appendix to Lady (Aileen) Fox's recent paper on the Rose Ash find
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies and the 1963 Conference on Nomenclature of Implements and Cultures
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Excavations in the Royal National Park, New South Wales: A First Series of Radiocarbon Dates From the Sydney District
Iona and Celtic Britain With an Interim Account of the Russell Trust Excavations, 1958–1963
A Bronze Spear-head from the Heathery Burn Cave, Co. Durham
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British Decorated Axes: A Footnote on Fakes
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Two La Tène finger rings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: An essay on the human face and Early Celtic Art
Article Two La Tène finger rings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: an essay on the human face and Early Celtic Art was published on January 1, 1966 in the journal Praehistorische Zeitschrift (volume 43-44, issue Jahresband)
A ‘Bull Cult’ in Late Bronze Age Europe: A Musical Footnote
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The Vix Burial
One of the best known and most quoted finds in western Europe must be that of the 'princess's burial' of Vix discovered early in 1953 not far from Châtillon-sur-Seine below the Celtic stronghold of Mont Lassois (Latisco). The contents of the grave are such that classical no less than prehistoric archaeologists have had cause to add to the still increasing literature on the site [I].Recently, discussion has ranged over two of the foremost problems…
The Animal-Headed Torc from Vieille-Toulouse
The bronze animal-headed torc from Vieille-Toulouse, Haute Garonne, which forms part of the Morel Collection now in the British Museum (pls. xl a–b ; xli a ; fig. 1; diameter 14 cm.), has been but briefly mentioned in print by Jacobsthal, Morel himself, and others and little attention has been paid to its possible stylistic affiliations; the following notes attempt to fill the gap
A Dated Culture Sequence for the South Sydney Region of New South Wales
The Dowgate Plaque: A Bronze Mount of the Belgic Iron Age from the City of London
Captain Cook and Bone Barbs at Botany Bay
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Cheshire Cat and Mickey Mouse: Analysis, interpretation and the art of the La Tène Iron Age
Nearly seventy years ago Wilhelm Worringer first wrote that ‘ultimately all our definitions of art are definitions of classical art’ (Worringer, 1953, 132). Today, the study of Western European art history, old or modern, the products of peasant craft-centres or urban ‘schools’, has in the course of time developed its own methodology and, almost, mystique. In contrast, the study of many branches of prehistoric art in Europe and elsewhere is all t…
Analyses of British and Irish Early Bronze Age Axes in the Nicholson Museum, Sydney
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The Felmersham Fish-Head Spout
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