CLCV 1008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stonehenge, William Camden, Mount Vesuvius
15 Dec 2017
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Are being attacked and killed on the shore of ancient troy by two serpents. Pliny the elder: met his demise on late august 79ad. Died at herculaneum trying to rescue his friends during eruption of. Vesuvius: had written on the statue and included names and where they lived, when roman scholars saw the state coming out of the ground they were able to identify it, commander of roman fleet. Importance of statue: significant of written documents aiding in archaeological research, importance of knowing the context of an archaeological find. We have precise date, location, name of owner of vineyard, story of statue itself. Context: consist of 3 things page (50-52) One of the largest neolithic henge in europe. Roughly contemporary with stone henge (13th cent. Geoffrey of monmouth: said rocks were healing rocks, brought from africa to ireland, the healing hypothesis , place were people gathered to honour their ancestors, merlin the magician.
