Code: 20651591

Stonehenge for the Ancestors

Name: Stonehenge for the Ancestors
Brand: Sidestone Press
SKU: 20651591
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by Mike Parker Pearson, Joshua Pollard, Colin Richards

Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 520
Publisher: Sidestone Press, 2020
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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 there 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 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, with 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.ContentsLIST OF FIGURESLIST OF TABLESCONTRIBUTORSPREFACEACKNOWLEDGEMENTS1. Introduction2. Fourth millennium BC beginnings: monuments in the landscape3. Fourth millennium BC beginnings: excavations of the Greater Cursus, Amesbury 42 long barrow and a tree-throw pit at Woodhenge4. The Stonehenge bluestones: excavations at Stonehenge and environs5. Bluestonehenge at West Amesbury: where the Stonehenge Avenue meets the River Avon6. Sarsens at Stonehenge7. Sarsens in the Stonehenge landscape8. The Stonehenge Avenue9. Stonehenge and the River Avon10. The people of Stonehenge11. Radiocarbon dating: the Stonehenge modelling and results