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. The working hypothesis behind the Stonehenge
Riverside Project links Stonehenge with a complex of timber
monuments upstream at the great henge of Durrington Walls and
neighbouring Woodhenge. Whilst these other sites are covered in a
later volume (Volume 3), this volume explores the role of the River
Avon and its topographic and environmental evidence. With
contributions by: Umberto Albarella, Michael Allen, Olaf Bayer,
Wayne Bennett, Richard Bevins, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Chris
Casswell, Andrew Chamberlain, Benjamin Chan, Rosamund Cleal, Gordon
Cook, Glyn Davies, David Field, Charles French, Robert Ixer, Neil
Linford, Peter Marshall, Louise Martin, Claudia Minniti, Doug
Mitcham, Bob Nunn, Andy Payne, Mike Pitts, Rebecca Pullen, Julian
Richards, David Robinson, Clive Ruggles, Jim Rylatt, Rob Scaife,
Ellen Simmons, Charlene Steele, James Sugrue, Anne Teather, Sarah
Viner, Tony Waldron, Katy Whitaker and Christie Willis
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