Stonehenge for the ancestors. Part 1, Landscape and monuments / Mike Parker Pearson [and five others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker Pearson, Michael, 1957- author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Stonehenge Riverside Project ; 1.

The Stonehenge Riverside Project ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stonehenge (England).

England--Stonehenge.

Physical Description:

602 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 28 cm.

Other Title:

Landscape and monuments

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press [2020]

Summary:

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. This 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-567) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789088907036

908890703X

9789088907029

9088907021

OCLC:

1079846285

Publisher Number:

99988094537