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Stonehenge - A Brief History (Hardcover)
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Stonehenge - A Brief History (Hardcover)
Series: Archaeological Histories
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Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous monuments. Who built
it, how and why are questions that have endured for at least 900
years, but modern methods of investigation are now able to offer up
a completely new understanding of this iconic stone circle.
Stonehenge’s history straddles the transition from the Stone Age
to the Bronze Age, though its story began long before it was built.
Serving initially as a burial ground, it evolved over time into a
sacred place for gathering, feasting and building, and was
remodelled several times as different peoples arrived in the area
along with new technologies and customs. In more recent centuries
it has found itself the centre of excavations, political protests
and even conspiracy theories, embedding itself in the consciousness
of the modern world. In this book Mike Parker Pearson draws on two
decades of research, the results of recent excavations and
cutting-edge scientific analyses to uncover many of the secrets
that this prehistoric stone circle has kept for 5,000 years. In
doing so, he paints the most comprehensive picture yet of the
history of Stonehenge, from its origins up to the 21st century, and
reveals how in some ways trying to explain its power of attraction
in the present is harder than explaining its purpose in the ancient
past.
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