Bibliograph

Stonehenge, a new understanding, solving the mysteries of the greatest stone age monument, by Mike Parker Pearson and the Stonehenge Riverside Project

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Stonehenge, a new understanding, solving the mysteries of the greatest stone age monument, by Mike Parker Pearson and the Stonehenge Riverside Project

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-386) and index

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stonehenge, a new understanding

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

811606827

Responsibility statement

by Mike Parker Pearson and the Stonehenge Riverside Project

Sub title

solving the mysteries of the greatest stone age monument

Summary

The story and discoveries of the seven year long excavation project at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site

Table Of Contents

The man from Madagascar -- A brief history of Stonehenge -- Starting the project -- Putting the trench in the right place -- The houses and the henge -- Was this where the Stonehenge builders lived? -- The great trilithon and the date of the Sarsens -- Mysterious earthworks : the landscape of Stonehenge -- Mysteries of the river -- The Druids and Stonehenge -- The Aubrey holes -- Digging at Stonehenge -- The people of Stonehenge and the Beaker people -- Bluestonehenge : back to the river -- Why Stonehenge is where it is -- Origins of the bluestones -- Origins of the Sarsens -- Earthworms and dates -- The new sequence for Stonehenge -- Stonehenge : the view from afar -- The end of Stonehenge

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