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Tables of Contents for The Cerne Giant
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
List of contributors
xii
PART I - Introducing the Cerne Giant
1
26
The Cerne Giant: a place in space
Jeffrey Chartrand
2
5
The Cerne Giant: an English hill-figure
Timothy Darvill
7
11
Owning and managing a Giant
William Keithley Martin Papworth and David Thackray
18
9
PART II - The case for an ancient Giant
27
42
A prehistoric warrior-god?
Timothy Darvill
29
40
Including evidence from:
In defence of antiquityPaul Newman
31
8
The Uffington Horse and its aritiquityDavid Miles
39
4
Iconography and the identity of the GiantRodney Castleden
43
8
The Cerne Valley in prehistoric and Roman timesBill Putnam
51
6
The 1996 geophysical survey of the GiantJohn Gale
57
12
PART III - The case for a post-medieval Giant
69
56
A seventeenth-century marvel?
Ronald Hutton
70
55
Including evidence from:
Churchwardens and the other GodVivian Vale
71
4
The Cerne Giant revisitedJoseph Bettey
75
13
Medieval Giants: Bible, history, heritage and landscapeKatherine Barker
88
20
Evans Eighteenth-century descriptions of the Cerne Abbas GiantDavid Morgan
108
17
PART IV - The case for a living Giant
125
36
A living Giant
Barbara Bender
126
35
Including evidence from:
Making and re-making the Cerne GiantRodney Legg
129
7
Memory, tradition, and the GiantTom Williamson
136
4
The Long Man of Wilmington and the Cerne Giant: some points of comparisonMartin Brown
140
8
Rituals and celebrations at the GiantHilary Jones
148
4
Staying powerSue Clifford
152
3
Further to the Cerne Giant mysteryJames Turner
155
1
The Giant thinks aloud in a cartoon bubbleSandra Tappenden
156
1
Boys will be Cerne GiantsJan Farquharson
157
4
PART V - Epilogue
161
1
The Giant on trial and the assessors' report
Katherine Barker and Timothy Darvill
162
4
Making `The Trial of the Cerne Abbas Giant'
Hamish Beeston
166
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