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Stonehenge : a new understanding : solving the mysteries of the greatest stone age monument / by Mike Parker Pearson and the Stonehenge Riverside Project.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : The Experiment, 2013.Description: 410 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1615190791 (hbk.)
  • 9781615190799 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 936.2/319 23
LOC classification:
  • DA142 .P37 2013
Contents:
The man from Madagascar -- A brief history of Stonehenge -- Starting the project -- Putting the trench in the right place -- The houses and the henge -- Was this where the Stonehenge builders lived? -- The great trilithon and the date of the Sarsens -- Mysterious earthworks : the landscape of Stonehenge -- Mysteries of the river -- The Druids and Stonehenge -- The Aubrey holes -- Digging at Stonehenge -- The people of Stonehenge and the Beaker people -- Bluestonehenge : back to the river -- Why Stonehenge is where it is -- Origins of the bluestones -- Origins of the Sarsens -- Earthworms and dates -- The new sequence for Stonehenge -- Stonehenge : the view from afar -- The end of Stonehenge.
Summary: The story and discoveries of the seven year long excavation project at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.
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Stonehenge stands as an enduring link to our prehistoric ancestors, yet the secrets it has guarded for thousands of years have long eluded us. Until now, the millions of enthusiasts who flock to the iconic site have made do with mere speculation--about Stonehenge's celestial significance, human sacrifice, and even aliens and druids. One would think that the numerous research expeditions at Stonehenge had left no stone unturned. Yet, before the Stonehenge Riverside Project--a hugely ambitious, seven-year dig by today's top archaeologists--all previous digs combined had only investigated a fraction of the monument, and many records from those earlier expeditions are either inaccurate or incomplete.

Stonehenge--A New Understanding rewrites the story. From 2003 to 2009, author Mike Parker Pearson led the Stonehenge Riverside Project, the most comprehensive excavation ever conducted around Stonehenge. The project unearthed a wealth of fresh evidence that had gone untouched since prehistory. Parker Pearson uses that evidence to present a paradigm-shifting theory of the true significance that Stonehenge held for its builders--and mines his field notes to give you a you-are-there view of the dirt, drama, and thrilling discoveries of this history-changing archaeological dig.

"First published as Stonehenge in the United Kingdom in 2012 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-386) and index.

The man from Madagascar -- A brief history of Stonehenge -- Starting the project -- Putting the trench in the right place -- The houses and the henge -- Was this where the Stonehenge builders lived? -- The great trilithon and the date of the Sarsens -- Mysterious earthworks : the landscape of Stonehenge -- Mysteries of the river -- The Druids and Stonehenge -- The Aubrey holes -- Digging at Stonehenge -- The people of Stonehenge and the Beaker people -- Bluestonehenge : back to the river -- Why Stonehenge is where it is -- Origins of the bluestones -- Origins of the Sarsens -- Earthworms and dates -- The new sequence for Stonehenge -- Stonehenge : the view from afar -- The end of Stonehenge.

The story and discoveries of the seven year long excavation project at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.

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