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The Circular Archetype in Microcosm is the culmination of seven years research into the Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scotland. It is the first study of these enigmatic artefacts since that undertaken by Dorothy Marshall in 1977 and includes all currently known examples in both museums and private hands, described and analysed in considerable detail. For the first time, visual geological characterisation has been undertaken on approximately a third of carved stone balls, which has enabled a more detailed analysis of their potential origin and the landscapes in which they were found. The book offers a revised classification/typology of these artefacts which, following careful analysis, suggests that it is possible to determine individual craftspeople with a wide range of skills. It suggests that carved stone balls were used as unique and distinctive gestalts that represented the ideology of the core area of Aberdeenshire and enabled disparate groups to recognise one another.

Stone carving --- Neolithic period --- History. --- Scotland --- Antiquities. --- Stone sculpture --- Stonework, Decorative --- Carving (Decorative arts) --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural --- Sculpture

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Archaeology --- Yoruba (African people) --- Classical Ife. --- Ife art. --- Ife terracottas. --- Ife stone sculpture. --- Ife bronzes. --- Antiquities. --- Archaeology. --- Yoruba (African people). --- Ife (Nigeria) --- Nigeria --- Antiquities.

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This book examines the functions of sculpture during the Preclassic period in Mesoamerica and its significance in statements of social identity. Julia Guernsey situates the origins and evolution of monumental stone sculpture within a broader social and political context and demonstrates the role that such sculpture played in creating and institutionalizing social hierarchies. This book focuses specifically on an enigmatic type of public, monumental sculpture known as the 'potbelly' that traces its antecedents to earlier, small domestic ritual objects and ceramic figurines. The cessation of domestic rituals involving ceramic figurines along the Pacific slope coincided not only with the creation of the first monumental potbelly sculptures, but with the rise of the first state-level societies in Mesoamerica by the advent of the Late Preclassic period. The potbellies became central to the physical representation of new forms of social identity and expressions of political authority during this time of dramatic change.

Maya sculpture. --- Olmec sculpture. --- Indian sculpture --- Indians of Central America --- Indians of Mexico --- Sculpture, Olmec --- Olmec art --- Sculpture, Mexican --- Mayas --- Sculpture, Maya --- Maya art --- Sculpture, Central American --- Sculpture --- Stone-sculpture --- Social Sciences --- Archeology

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Russell provides an examination of the production, distribution and use of carved stone objects in the Roman world. Focusing on the market for stone and its supply, he offers an assessment of the practicalities of stone transport and how the relationship between producer and customer functioned even over considerable distances.

Stone industry and trade --- Stone --- Stone carving --- Pierre --- Sculpture en pierre --- History --- Transportation --- Industrie --- Histoire --- Transport --- Rome --- Economic conditions. --- Conditions économiques --- History. --- Conditions économiques --- Stone sculpture --- Stonework, Decorative --- Carving (Decorative arts) --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural --- Sculpture --- E-books --- Building materials industry

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Sculpture --- Stone carving --- Sculpture, Ancient --- Conservation and restoration --- History --- Conferences - Meetings --- Stone sculpture --- Stonework, Decorative --- Carving (Decorative arts) --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural --- Art --- Bas-relief --- Statues --- Ancient sculpture --- Sculpture, Primitive --- Sculpture - Conservation and restoration - History - Congresses --- Stone carving - Conservation and restoration - History - Congresses --- Sculpture, Ancient - Congresses