Stonehenge for the ancestors:

For many centuries, scholars and enthusiasts have been fascinated by Stonehenge, the world?s most famous stone circle. In 2003 a team of archaeologists commenced a long-term fieldwork project for the first time in decades. The Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009) aimed to investigate the purpose...

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Hauptverfasser: Parker Pearson, Michael 1957- (VerfasserIn), Pollard, Joshua (VerfasserIn), Richards, Colin 1954-2012 (VerfasserIn), Thomas, Julian 1959- (VerfasserIn), Tilley, Christopher Y. 1955- (VerfasserIn), Welham, Kate (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Sidestone Press 2019-
Schriftenreihe:The Stonehenge Riverside Project
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Zusammenfassung:For many centuries, scholars and enthusiasts have been fascinated by Stonehenge, the world?s most famous stone circle. In 2003 a team of archaeologists commenced a long-term fieldwork project for the first time in decades. The Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009) aimed to investigate the purpose of this unique prehistoric monument by considering it within its wider archaeological context.0This is the first of four volumes which present the results of that campaign. It includes investigations of the monuments and landscape that pre-dated Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain as well as of excavation at Stonehenge itself. The main discovery at Stonehenge was of cremated human remains from many individuals, allowing their demography, health and dating to be established. With a revised radiocarbon-dated chronology for Stonehenge?s five stages of construction, these burials can now be considered within the context of the monument?s development. The different types of stone from which Stonehenge is formed? bluestones from Wales and sarsen silcretes from more local sources? are investigated both at Stonehenge and in its surroundings. These surrounding monuments include single standing stones, the Cuckoo Stone and the Tor Stone, as well as the newly discovered circle of Bluestonehenge at West Amesbury beside the River Avon. The ceremonial Stonehenge Avenue, linking Stonehenge to Bluestonehenge, is also included, based on a series of excavations along its length

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