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In this latest book in the Council for British Archaeology's 'Archaeology for All' series, Professor Mike Parker Pearson presents an up-to-date interpretation of Stonehenge and its landscape.
At Stonehenge itself the very latest findings of Parker Pearson's team, announced in 2008, date the Aubrey Holes, those most mysterious features, securely to Phase One. They also prove that Stonehenge was used for burials, ...
... 543 Evans, J. G., 68, 94, 97,99 Evans, John, 348 Evans-Pritchard, E. E., 530 explanation in terms of opposites, ... xiii-xx fires, seasonal, 540 Fleming, Andrew, 247 Folkton barrow (East Riding of Yorkshire), 517 Folkton Drums, ...
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The book explores what scientists have learned about the site's creation and purpose, traces the history of its archaeological investigation, and discusses future study and conservation efforts.
Presents opposing viewpoints on the origin and purpose of the mysterious megalithic monument in England.
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Stonehenge has always been a mystery, its original purpose lost in time.
meant the building phase in question occurred five-hundred years before the rise of Mycenae (and all the other ... We may conclude that a Mycenaean presence was indeed felt at Stonehenge in 1500 B.C. Another event of about the same time ...
Looking at Stonehenge, this book considers not only its wider setting, but also its status in time, from 10,000 BC right down to the modern day.
Francis Pryor delivers a rigorous account of the nature and history of Stonehenge, but also places the enigmatic monument in a wider cultural context, bringing acute insight into how antiquarians, scholars, writers, artists–and even ...
This book is about the people who built Stonehenge and its relationship to the surrounding landscape.
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, the tale of three brothers and of their rivalry that created the mysterious Stonehenge.
Discusses the history, construction, and possible purposes of Stonehenge.
This book is an imaginative exploration of a place that has fascinated, intrigued and perplexed visitors for centuries. Instead of seeing Stonehenge as an isolated site, the author sets the...
Describes what Stonehenge is and discusses theories behind its construction and use.
Authoritatively researched, new insights into Stonehenge's past Britain's leading expert on stone circles turns his attention to the greatest example of them all - Stonehenge. Drawing...
In this book Mike Parker Pearson draws on two decades of research, the results of recent excavations and cutting-edge scientific analyses to uncover many of the secrets that this prehistoric stone circle has kept for 5,000 years.