The Ley Line Legacy: Watkins' Early British Trackways and The Old Straight Track【電子書籍】[ Alfred Watkins ]

＜p＞＜strong＞＜em＞The Ley Line Legacy＜/em＞ brings together Alfred Watkins’ two groundbreaking works, ＜em＞Early British Trackways＜/em＞ and ＜em＞The Old Straight Track＜/em＞, in a single volume charting the origins of one of Britain’s most enduring landscape theories.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞First published in 1922, ＜em＞Early British Trackways＜/em＞ introduced Watkins’ revolutionary concept of ‘leys’, straight alignments linking prehistoric monuments, burial sites, and ancient landmarks across the British countryside. Drawing from detailed fieldwork in Herefordshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, and beyond, Watkins argued that these linear pathways once served as a form of practical navigation and sacred geography.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In ＜em＞The Old Straight Track＜/em＞ (1925), Watkins further developed his theory with expanded research and wider-ranging examples, offering a deeper examination of Britain’s ancient landscape through both archaeological observation and folkloric tradition. His work traced the alignment of s．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る