Sacchidānanda
Sacred Heart of The Burren
Archaeological Jargon & Radiocarbon dating (For Bodil Petersson, Ros Ó Maoldúin & Stefan Burg) The process of studying & classifying artefacts Usually in laboratory after excavation completed Including the scientific study of past human cultures Achieved by analysing the material remains of radioactive carbon Or looking at sites & artefacts that people left behind. Like Acropolis the Citadel of ancient Greek city Bodrum Or Barrow which is a heap of earth placed over prehistoric Tombs Either Neolithic mounds like Newgrange and Stonehenge & stone burial chambers like Creevagh Round Barrows of Kilshanny are Bronze Age near Carron area in central Burren. A Palmette is an ornament or design resembling the palm leaf Honouring our dead. There are many particular words about stones like alignment Which are ancient rows of standing stones like a menhir at Carnac Breton village and Noah’s ark at Karum Or arcade a set of arches & their supporting columns like merchant city of Alepo in Syria Luxor Obelisk stone pillar monument ancient Egypt Or baulk which is a man-made trench to study an archaeological site. Or a bog man or bog body which is a person preserved in peat Like Drinagh man or Ballyrickard man found in Boora bog in County Offaly Bogs are dreams for archaeologists as they preserve everything For thousands of millions of years like a Bracteate Which is a fine decorated dish plate of precious metal. Or a Callais a Green stone like Malachite as beads as ornaments or jewellery Found late Neolithic & early Bronze Age Or a Cartouch an oblong figure enclosing character Expressing Royal or Divine names in Egyptian Hieroglyphics like Pharoh, Netseth, Lapis, Anubis, Maat, Nour, Rashida, Adom, Osiris, Isis, Horus, Amun, Ra, Hathor. A caveman is a cave dweller Palaeolithic age Who uses a Celtic stone axe like instrument
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