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 c
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This is the first of four volumes which present the results of The Stonehenge Riverside Project, a long-term fieldwork project at Stonehenge for the first time in decades.
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<p><b>The <i>archaeology of death and burial </i>is central to our attempts to understand vanished societies.</b> Through the remains of funerary rituals we can learn not only about the attitudes of prehistoric people to...
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The first look at the evidence from excavations at the site of Cladh Hallan (South Uist, Western Isles of Scotland).
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<p><b>Revise smart and save!</b></p><p>Designed for hassle-free classroom and independent study, our Revision Guides are designed to complement the Student Books with a range of specially designed features such as:</p><ul><li>One-topic-per-page...
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