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Author:

Burl, Aubrey.

Title:

A Brief history of Stonehenge : a complete history and archaeology of the world's most enigmatic stone circle / Aubrey Burl.

Edition:

1st Carroll & Graf ed.

Publisher:

Carroll & Graf Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xvi, 368 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Stonehenge (England)
Wiltshire (England)--Antiquities.
Megalithic monuments--Wiltshire.--Wiltshire.

Other Titles:

Stonehenge

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-349) and index. Originally published under title: Stonehenge. London : Constable, 2006.

Contents:

Preface : the challenge -- Introduction : some questions -- 1. Antiquarians ; Recovering Stonehenge ; To AD 1900 -- 2. Excavations and repairs from Tudor times to AD 1949 -- 3. Tombs in an empty land, 4200-3500 BC -- 4. The Cursus, racecourse or funeral path? : c.3500-3000 BC -- 5. The beginnings of Stonehenge, c.3000 BC -- 6. Aubrey Holes and Grooved Ware, c.2800 BC and beyond -- 7. Bluestones and questions of the unlikely, c.2550 BC -- 8. The Four Stations stone, symbolism, not science c. 2500 BC -- 9. The Great Circle, c.2450 BC -- 10. The Avenue, portals, carvings and death, c.2400 BC -- 11. The Altar Stone, c.2400 BC onwards -- 12. The Archer and beyond, c.2300 BC -- Appendix 1. Ancient words along the Atlantic fringe -- Appendix 2. Breton megalithic settings in Britain and Ireland -- Appendix 3. Alien carved motifs in Britain and Ireland.

ISBN:

0786719648 (pbk.)
9780786719648 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2008298430

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)