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Stone Circles

Stone Circle is a periglacial landform comprising a circular arrangement of stones or boulders on the ground surface, distinguished from other patterned ground features by its ring-like configuration resulting from frost-driven sorting processes in permafrost or seasonally frozen ground environments.

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153

Authors

70

Institutions

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2017–2026

6

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Stone Circle

Parents

Publications

59

Leskernick: Stone Worlds; Alternative Narratives; Nested Landscapes

Barbara Bender, Sue Hamilton, Christopher Tilley · Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society · 1997 · 117 citations

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A mechanism for differential frost heave and its implications for patterned-ground formation

Rorik Peterson, William B. Krantz · Journal of Glaciology · 2003 · 77 citations · Full text

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Performing the Divine: Neo-Pagan Pilgrimages and Embodiment at Sacred Sites

Kathryn Rountree · Body & Society · 2006 · 76 citations

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Excavations in the ceremonial complex of the fourth to second millennium BC at Balfarg/Balbirnie, Glenrothes, Fife

Gordon J Barclay, Christopher J Russell-White, Gordon J Barclay et al. · Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland · 1994 · 76 citations

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Machrie Moor, Arran: recent excavations at two stone circles

Alison M Haggarty, Audrey S Henshall, Richard Grove et al. · Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland · 1992 · 68 citations · Full text

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Authors

153

  1. CR
    Colin Richards

    Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 175 citations

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  2. BM
    Brian Moffat

    Scottish Government, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 176 citations

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  3. DJ
    David Jordan

    Historic Environment Scotland, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 176 citations

    3

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  4. TC
    Trevor Cowie

    National Museums Scotland, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 176 citations

    3

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  5. GJ
    Gordon J Barclay

    Historic Environment Scotland, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 194 citations

    3

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Institutions

70

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    380 citations

  2. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    162 citations

  3. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    67 citations

  4. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    91 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    122 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  7. Oxford Archaeology

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  8. Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire

    Rennes, France

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    80 citations

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Venues

  1. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

    PSAS · 7 publications · 226 citations

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  2. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society

    PPS · 6 publications · 228 citations

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  3. Antiquity

    4 publications · 88 citations

    4

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  4. The Antiquaries Journal

    3 publications · 44 citations

    3

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  5. American Antiquity

    2 publications · 25 citations

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