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43 relations: Agriculture, Archaeology, Ashbury, Oxfordshire, BBC, Berkshire Downs, British Isles, Chamber tomb, Eadred, England, Excarnation, Flibbertigibbet, Germanic peoples, Hunter-gatherer, Julian Cope, Kenilworth (novel), Long barrow, Megalithic architectural elements, Mesolithic, National trust, Neolithic, Oval barrow, Oxfordshire, Pastoralism, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, Pop Is Dead, Posthole, Puck of Pook's Hill, Radiohead, Richard J. C. Atkinson, Sarsen, Saxons, Severn-Cotswold tomb, Skellington (album), Stuart Piggott, Susan Cooper, The Moon Stallion, The Ridgeway, Tumulus, Uffington Castle, Uffington White Horse, Walter Scott, Wayland the Smith, West Kennet Long Barrow.
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.
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Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of humanactivity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
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Ashbury, Oxfordshire
Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end (west) of the Vale of White Horse.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Berkshire Downs
The Berkshire Downs are a range of chalk downland hills in southern England, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the north-western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and over six thousand smaller isles.
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Chamber tomb
A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures.
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Eadred
Eadred (also Edred) (923 – 23 November 955) was King of the English from 946 until his death.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Excarnation
In archaeology and anthropology, the term excarnation (also known as defleshing) refers to the practice of removing the flesh and organs of the dead before burial, leaving only the bones.
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Flibbertigibbet
Flibbertigibbet is a Middle English word referring to a flighty or whimsical person, usually a young woman.
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Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples (also called Teutonic, Suebian, or Gothic in older literature) are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin.
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Hunter-gatherer
A hunter-gatherer is a human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals), in contrast to agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species.
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Julian Cope
Julian David Cope (born 21 October 1957) is an English musician, author, antiquarian, musicologist, poet and cultural commentator. Originally coming to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band the Teardrop Explodes, he has followed a solo career since 1983 and worked on musical side projects such as Queen Elizabeth, Brain Donor and Black Sheep. Cope is also an author on Neolithic culture, publishing The Modern Antiquarian in 1998, and an outspoken political and cultural activist with a noted and public interest in occultism and paganism. He has written two volumes of autobiography; Head-On (1994) and Repossessed (1999); two volumes of archaeology; The Modern Antiquarian (1998) and The Megalithic European (2004); and three volumes of musicology; Krautrocksampler (1995), Japrocksampler (2007); and Copendium: A Guide to the Musical Underground (2012).
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Kenilworth (novel)
Kenilworth.
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Long barrow
A long barrow is a rectangular or trapezoidal tumulus; that is, a prehistoric mound of earth and stones built over a grave or group of graves.
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Megalithic architectural elements
This article describes several characteristic architectural elements typical of European megalithic (Stone Age) structures.
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Mesolithic
In Old World archaeology, Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos "middle"; λίθος, lithos "stone") is the period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic.
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National trust
A national trust is an organisation dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of a particular geographic region.
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Neolithic
The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.
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Oval barrow
An oval barrow is the name given by archaeologists to a type of prehistoric burial tumulus of roughly oval shape.
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Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.
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Pastoralism
Pastoralism is the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock.
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Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (born Patricia Kennely; March 4, 1946) is an American author and journalist.
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Pop Is Dead
"Pop Is Dead" is a song by the British alternative rock band Radiohead.
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Posthole
In archaeology a posthole or post-hole is a cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone.
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Puck of Pook's Hill
Puck of Pook's Hill is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history.
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Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985.
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Richard J. C. Atkinson
Richard John Copland Atkinson CBE (22 January 1920 – 10 October 1994) was a British prehistorian and archaeologist.
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Sarsen
Sarsen stones are sandstone blocks found in quantity in the United Kingdom on Salisbury Plain and the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire; in Kent; and in smaller quantities in Berkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Dorset and Hampshire.
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Saxons
The Saxons (Saxones, Sachsen, Seaxe, Sahson, Sassen, Saksen) were a Germanic people whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, Saxonia) near the North Sea coast of what is now Germany.
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Severn-Cotswold tomb
A Severn-Cotswold tomb (or Cotswold-Severn tomb) is a type of megalithic chamber tomb built by Neolithic people in Wales and South West England around 3500 BC.
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Skellington (album)
Skellington is the fifth solo album by Julian Cope, released in November 1989 as a semi-official bootleg for fan club members only.
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Stuart Piggott
Stuart Ernest Piggott,, FRSE FSA Scot (28 May 1910 – 23 September 1996) was a British archaeologist, best known for his work on prehistoric Wessex.
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Susan Cooper
Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books.
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The Moon Stallion
The Moon Stallion is a British children's television serial made by the BBC in 1978 and written by Brian Hayles, who also authored its novelization.
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The Ridgeway
The ancient tree-lined path winds over the downs countryside The Ridgeway is a ridgeway or ancient trackway described as Britain's oldest road.
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Tumulus
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
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Uffington Castle
Uffington Castle is an early Iron Age (with underlying Bronze Age) univallate hillfort in Oxfordshire, England.
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Uffington White Horse
The Uffington White Horse is a highly stylised prehistoric hill figure, long, formed from deep trenches filled with crushed white chalk.
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Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian.
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Wayland the Smith
In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (Wēland;; Wiolant; italic Wieland der Schmied; Galans (Galant) in French; from Wēla-nandaz, lit. "battle-brave") is a legendary master blacksmith, described by Jessie Weston as "the weird and malicious craftsman, Weyland".
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West Kennet Long Barrow
The West Kennet Long Barrow is a Neolithic tomb or barrow, situated on a prominent chalk ridge, near Silbury Hill, one-and-a-half miles south of Avebury in Wiltshire, England.
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References
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