| Edition |
1st Carroll & Graf ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 368 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-349) and index. |
| Note |
First published in hardback by Constable, 2006. |
| Contents |
Preface : the challenge -- Introduction : some questions -- 1. Antiquarians ; Recovering Stonehenge ; To AD 1900 -- 2. Excavations and repairs from Tudor times to AD 1949 -- 3. Tombs in an empty land, 4200-3500 BC -- 4. The Cursus, racecourse or funeral path? : c.3500-3000 BC -- 5. The beginnings of Stonehenge, c.3000 BC -- 6. Aubrey Holes and Grooved Ware, c.2800 BC and beyond -- 7. Bluestones and questions of the unlikely, c.2550 BC -- 8. The Four Stations stone, symbolism, not science c. 2500 BC -- 9. The Great Circle, c.2450 BC -- 10. The Avenue, portals, carvings and death, c.2400 BC -- 11. The Altar Stone, c.2400 BC onwards -- 12. The Archer and beyond, c.2300 BC -- Appendix 1. Ancient words along the Atlantic fringe -- Appendix 2. Breton megalithic settings in Britain and Ireland -- Appendix 3. Alien carved motifs in Britain and Ireland. |
| Subject |
Stonehenge (England)
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Wiltshire (England) -- Antiquities.
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Megalithic monuments -- England -- Wiltshire.
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| Added Title |
Stonehenge : a complete history and archaeology of the world's most enigmatic stone circle |
| ISBN |
0786719648 (pbk.) 14.95 |
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9780786719648 (pbk.) 14.95 |
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