The story of Stonehenge / Patricia Southern.
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TextPublication details: Stroud : Amberley, 2012Description: 158 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: 9781445605630 (hbk.); 1445605635 (hbk.)Subject(s): Stonehenge (England) -- HistoryDDC classification: 936.2319 Summary: Stonehenge is the best known but least understood prehistoric monument in the British Isles. Other stone circles are impressive and atmospheric, but none approach the sophistication of Stonehenge. The stones visible today represent the final phase of a monument that was begun about 5,000 years ago, and altered several times during the next fifteen centuries, before it was finally abandoned. The site may have been a sacred place for at least 10,000 years, reaching back to about 8,000 BC, when people of the Mesolithic era began to set up pine totem poles, the holes for which were found in excavations close to the circle. Patricia Southern's new history considers the conflicting theories around how it was built with such precision and why.
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| wnor- Book | Wundowie Wundowie Adult Non Fiction | 936.2319 SOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111051480331 |
Includes bibliographical references: p.158.
Stonehenge is the best known but least understood prehistoric monument in the British Isles. Other stone circles are impressive and atmospheric, but none approach the sophistication of Stonehenge. The stones visible today represent the final phase of a monument that was begun about 5,000 years ago, and altered several times during the next fifteen centuries, before it was finally abandoned. The site may have been a sacred place for at least 10,000 years, reaching back to about 8,000 BC, when people of the Mesolithic era began to set up pine totem poles, the holes for which were found in excavations close to the circle. Patricia Southern's new history considers the conflicting theories around how it was built with such precision and why.
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