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Stonehenge: A Brief History: Archaeological Histories

Autor Professor Mike Parker Pearson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mai 2023
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350192225
ISBN-10: 1350192228
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 50 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Archaeological Histories

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Presents findings based on cutting-edge scientific analyses of ancient DNA, chemical isotopes, geology, and human remains, cutting through the maze of information and disinformation about Stonehenge

Notă biografică

Mike Parker Pearson is Professor of British Later Prehistory at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy, of the Society of Antiquaries of London and of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. He has published five books and over 70 academic papers on Stonehenge, based on 16 years of excavation and analysis.

Cuprins

List of IllustrationsPreface1. Investigating Stonehenge: How We Know What We Know2. Before Stonehenge3. The First Stonehenge4. The Second Stonehenge5. Stonehenge (Stage 3) in the Age of Copper6. Stonehenge (Stage 4) in the Age of Bronze7. Stonehenge (Stage 5) in the Age of Gold8. After Stonehenge: The Age of Silence?9. Stonehenge into the Modern Era10. Druids, Free Festivals and Development Pressures: Stonehenge in Contention11. Stonehenge: The Never-Ending StoryNotesChronology of the Building of StonehengeGlossaryChronological dramatis personae of Deceased Authors, Personalities and Investigators of StonehengeFurther ReadingBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

Startling in its detail, exciting in its broad historical implications and robust in its scientific evidence.
Cuts across boundaries of archaeology, history and history of science to reintroduce Stonehenge to the 21st century.