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ISBN 13 : 9781888899115
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
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Download or read book Stones and Marks written by and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enduring curiosity about our past led Australian physicist and photographer Peter Elliston to pack his cumbersome 8x10-inch view camera and travel over many years to eighteen countries on four continents to seek out and photograph ancient stones: dolmens, petroglyphs, ruins, and totems. His sharp-focused photographs convey valuable descriptive information while revealing great beauty. In this beautiful oversized book, each photograph is accompanied by commentary by Elliston on the historic importance of each of the sites, or by accounts by the nineteenth country archaeologists and explores who first discovered many of these places. Elliston's Preface describes his adventures in search of these ancient stones. The combination of photographs and writing provides an extremely rich experience.