| Edition |
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
| Description |
207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-205) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Why Stonehenge matters -- Introduction: Religion, landscape and change -- After the ice (8000-4000 BC) -- The Stonehenge "ritual landscape" (4000-1500 BC) -- Before the great stones, part I: the formative years (from 3300 BC) -- Before the great stones, part II: stage 1 (from 3000 BC) -- The great stones arrive: stage 2 (from 2500 BC) -- The journey from life to death: stage 3 (from 2400 BC) -- Later developments: stages 4 and 5 (2100-1500 BC) -- After the stones -- Stonehenge today -- Appendix I. Timeline of significant events in British prehistory -- Appendix II. The ditch and the gradual establishment of Stonehenge. |
| Summary |
"Pryor delivers a rigorous account of the nature and history of Stonehenge, but also places the enigmatic monument in a wider cultural context, bringing acute insight into how antiquarians, scholars, writers, artists, and even neopagans, have interpreted the mystery over the centuries."--Front jacket flap. |
| Subject |
Stonehenge (England)
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Megalithic monuments -- England -- Wiltshire.
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Wiltshire (England) -- Antiquities.
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Engineering.
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History, Ancient.
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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England -- Wiltshire.
(OCoLC)fst01209505
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| ISBN |
9781681776408 (hardcover) |
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1681776405 (hardcover) |
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