New Rock Art Book!

North Yorkshire 9

Image by Chris Collyer

fitzcoraldo Dec 14, 2005 22:58:31

Tempus have just released 'Prehistoric Rock Art in the North York Moors by Graeme Chappell and Paul Brown'

At least 10 years in the making, 300 pages of lovely illustrations and pictures . The definitive guide to the beautiful and little known rock art of the North York Moors.

http://www.tempus-publishing.com/bookdetails.php?isbn=0752433482

David Raven Dec 14, 2005 23:24:01

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Very niiiice!
Thanks for the link, Fitz.

Unfortunately a bit too late to ask for it in my Crimbo stocking... but it's going on my list for the New Year :-)

Cheers
Dave

fitzcoraldo Dec 16, 2005 22:28:29

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Just thought I'd give this a bump.
It's not every day that one of our own gets a book published.

fitzcoraldo Dec 21, 2005 12:12:18

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My copy dropped on the mat this morning.
It's an absolutely beautiful book. Graeme Chappell and Paul Brown have done a marvellous job.

Rockrich Dec 27, 2005 08:23:29

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Did anybody get book tokens for Christmas ;-)

fitzcoraldo Jan 10, 2006 18:57:49

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For posting this article on the news section

http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1306936

:-)

Hob Jan 13, 2006 00:05:23

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Well hoorah-de-rahrah!

Arrived from Tempus this morn, and what a fine thing it is.

Not just a new rock art book, but a damn good new rock art book. With especially nice illustrations and sensible theorising. Top-notch stuff!

Chris Collyer Jan 23, 2006 20:38:48

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Picked up my copy on Saturday and have to say it's an impressive looking piece of work. As a few others have noted the illustrations are fantastic, the shading on the drawings adds to a sense of scale and texture giving a 3D look to the rocks. I've only had chance to have a quick flick through it but I've already noticed that while a lot of the carvings seem to be 'generic' rock art there also seems to be many stones that have a very different vocabulary to those further to the south-west of Yorkshire.

Anyway, top marks to all involved :-)

-Chris

Hob Jan 24, 2006 23:45:06

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Did the book do the biz outanabout then?

Did you find stuff?

Rockrich Jan 25, 2006 13:02:31

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My copy finally arrived yesterday. Only had chance to do a quick scan of it so far, but it looks to be a terrific little book. Maps tested yesterday were easy to follow, sketches are clear & bundles of info on the areas covered. Now all I need is a field copy :-)