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Stukeley's 'Stonehenge' - An Unpublished Manuscript 1721-1724 (Paperback)
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Stukeley's 'Stonehenge' - An Unpublished Manuscript 1721-1724 (Paperback)
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William Stukeley (1667-1765), one of the first to conduct fieldwork
at Stonehenge and to recognize its historic importance,
meticulously recorded his findings in a manuscript that has
remained unpublished for hundreds of years. That manuscript is
transcribed here, accompanied by detailed annotations that confirm
the value of Stukeley's archaeological research and set it apart
from his later unsustainable theories and obsessions with Druids,
which appeared in 'Stonehenge', the book he published in 1740.
Trained as a medical doctor, Stukeley's interests were antiquarian
and archaeological, with a particular enthusiasm for evidence of
early sacred ritual. His Stonehenge field notes include careful
measurements, drawings and plans as well as original analyses and
remarkable discoveries, among them the enigmatic cursus which no
one before him had seen. Stukeley's manuscript provides a
fascinating review of what could be said of the stone circle and
its landscape in the early eighteenth century. Aubrey Burl was
formerly principal lecturer in archaeology, Hull College of Higher
Education, East Riding of Yorkshire.His many books on stone circles
include 'Prehistoric Avebury' and 'A Guide to the Stone Circles of
Britain, Ireland and Brittany'. Neil Mortimer edited the
archaeology folklore journal '3rd Stone' between 1996 and 2003. He
is a columnist for 'British Archaeology' and the author of
'Stukeley Illustrated'.
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