Begun in 1874 and published in 1880, a detailed survey of the stones of Stonehenge was one of the earliest works of William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942), the energetic archaeologist who is remembered as a pioneering Egyptologist. It is reissued here alongside Sir Richard Colt Hoare's 182...

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1. Verfasser:	Petrie, W. M. Flinders 1853-1942 (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1829
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge library collection. Archaeology
Schlagworte:	Funde Megalithic monuments Mounds / England / Wiltshire Astronomy, Ancient Stonehenge (England) England / Antiquities Wiltshire (England) / Antiquities
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UBG01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	Begun in 1874 and published in 1880, a detailed survey of the stones of Stonehenge was one of the earliest works of William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853–1942), the energetic archaeologist who is remembered as a pioneering Egyptologist. It is reissued here alongside Sir Richard Colt Hoare's 1829 analysis of the barrows surrounding Stonehenge, thus giving modern readers a valuable two-part snapshot of nineteenth-century investigations into this famous site. Hoare (1758–1838), a Wiltshire baronet with a keen interest in archaeology and topography, conducted excavations on the site of the stones in the early 1800s, which were later referred to by Petrie, whose measurements were much more accurate (up to one tenth of an inch). Petrie's numbering system for the stones, as set out in this publication, is still in use today. Many of his groundbreaking works in Egyptology are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection
Beschreibung:	Originally published in 1829. - Includes index
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (vi, 92 pages)
ISBN:	9781107775503
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9781107775503