Cup and ring marks or cup marks are a form of prehistoric art found in the Atlantic seaboard of Europe (Ireland, Wales, Northern England, Scotland, France...
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The Ballochmyle cup and ring marks were first recorded at Ballochmyle (NS 5107 2552), Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland in 1986, very unusually carved...
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The Stanley Cup ring is a championship ring, an annual award in the National Hockey League given to the team that wins the Stanley Cup Finals, a best-of-seven...
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Mark Gerarde Ring (born 15 October 1962) played rugby union for Cardiff, Pontypool and Wales between 1982 and 1996. He was regarded as among the most...
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prehistoric rock art and contains many similar motifs such as the 'cup and ring mark', although the two forms of rock carving also have large stylistic...
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Kilmartin Glen (category History of Argyll and Bute)
cists, and a "linear cemetery" comprising five burial cairns. Several of these, as well as many natural rocks, are decorated with cup and ring marks. The...
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Ballochmyle cup and ring marks Barburgh Mill Coldstream Mill - Beith. Cunninghamhead Details of a series of mills on the Annick Water Meikle Millbank Mill Cup and...
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(disambiguation) Cup and ring mark, a form of prehistoric art Cupping therapy, a form of pseudoscience Friendship cup Fuddling cup, a three-dimensional...
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stone is marked with examples of megalithic art including a cup and ring mark, a spiral, and rings of concentric circles. This art mirrors examples from Neolithic...
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Compostela, Galicia. Labyrinth, Meis, Galicia. Cup-and-ring mark, Louro, Muros, Galicia. Deer and cup-and-ring motifs, Tourón, Ponte Caldelas, Galicia. Petroglyphs...
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Scotland and has been dated to c. 8000 BC, during the Mesolithic period. Some scholars argue for lunar calendars still earlier—Rappenglück in the marks on a...
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cairns incorporate cup and ring mark stones, carved before they were built into the structures. The kerb stones are graded in size and selected for colour...
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Stones of Scotland (category Buildings and structures in Scotland)
times and has probably always been a megalith of social significance. The Carlin Stone near Craigends Farm. 2007. The Dalgarven Mill cup and ring mark stone...
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monument. It has 26 known panels of Cup and ring mark petroglyphs carved into the sandstone. The rock art is prehistoric and could be either Neolithic or early...
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Passage grave (category Burial monuments and structures)
in earth or stone and having a narrow access passage made of large stones. These structures usually date from the Neolithic Age and are found largely...
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always modest in size and extent. Rock shelters form because a rock stratum such as sandstone that is resistant to erosion and weathering has formed a...
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others were larger and were deployed two-handed. Axes designed for warfare ranged in weight from just over 0.5 to 3 kg (1 to 7 lb), and in length from just...
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for a stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb. European dolmens, especially hunebed and dyss burials...
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nature, the majority of such carvings are abstract in design, usually cup and ring marks, although examples of spirals or figurative depictions of weaponry...
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transportable and can stand most conditions of weather. The term is often employed by people who consider non-western style homes in tropical and sub-tropical...
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Pleistocene (section Paleogeography and climate)
exposing large areas of the present continental shelf as dry land. According to Mark Lynas (through collected data), the Pleistocene's overall climate could be...
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Trepanning (section Tools and methods)
times onward. The bone that was trepanned was kept by the prehistoric people and may have been worn as a charm to keep evil spirits away. Evidence also suggests...
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Hunter-gatherer (redirect from Hunting and gathering)
Attenborough, Mark Collins[ISBN missing][page needed] Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel (2008). "Conceptual Premises in Experimental Design and Their Bearing...
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New World crops are those crops, food and otherwise, that are native to the New World (mostly the Americas) and were not found in the Old World before...
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task. A similarly sized tusk found in the same cave has marks that "indicate that the skin and thin bone around the tooth cavity of the upper jaw were...
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Gallery grave (category Burial monuments and structures)
cairn could be round, oval, or D-shaped, and often a kerb (ring of stone) was used to help revet the cairn and keep it in place. Some wedge-shaped gallery...
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301. ISBN 0-19-861263-X. Pompeani, David P.; Steinman, Byron A.; Abbott, Mark B.; Pompeani, Katherine M.; Reardon, William; DePasqual, Seth; Mueller, Robin...
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Court cairn (category Burial monuments and structures)
one or more roofed and partitioned burial chambers. Many monuments were built in multiple phases in both Ireland and Scotland and later re-used in the...
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stones include flint and chert, which are fine-grained sedimentary materials; rhyolite and felsite, which are igneous flowstones; and obsidian, a form of...
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identifying it also with the Irish tradition of Bullaun stones and possible links to cup and ring mark stones. It has been stated that many of the signs or symbols...
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