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Stonehenge : a story of a scared landscape
- Title
- Stonehenge : a story of a scared landscape / Francis Pryor.
- Author
- Pryor, Francis
- Publication
- London : Head of Zeus, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- 207 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 19 cm
- Summary
- Perched on the chalk uplands of Salisbury Plain, the megaliths of Stonehenge offer one of the most recognizable outlines of any ancient structure. Its purpose place of worship, sacrificial arena, giant calendar is unknown, but its story is one of the most extraordinary of any of the world's prehistoric monuments. Constructed in several phases over a period of some 1500 years, beginning c. 3000 BC, Stonehenge's key elements are its 'bluestones' , transported from West Wales by unexplained means, and sarsen stones quarried from the nearby Marlborough Downs. Francis Pryor delivers a rigorous account of the nature and history of Stonehenge, but also places the enigmatic stones in a wider cultural context, exploring how antiquarians, scholars, writers, artists, 'the heritage industry' and even neopagans have interpreted the site over the centuries. -- Product description.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-205) and index.
- Contents
- After the Ice [8000-4000 B.C.] -- The Stonehenge 'Ritual Landscape' [4000-1500 B.C.] -- Before the Great Stones, Part 1: The Formative Stage [from 3300 B.C.] -- Before the Great Stones, Part 2: Stage 1 [From 3000 B.C.] -- The Great Stones Arrive: Stage 2 [From 2500 B.C.] -- The Journey From Life to Death: Stage 3 [From 2400 B.C.] -- Later Developments: Stages 4 and 5 [2100-1500 B.C.] -- After the Stones -- Stonehenge Today. Appendix 1: Timeline of Significant Events in British Prehistory -- Appendix 2: The Ditch and the Gradual Establishment of Stonehenge
- Call Number
- JFC 17-512
- ISBN
- 9781784974619
- 1784974617
- OCLC
- 953861896
- Author
- Pryor, Francis, author.
- Title
- Stonehenge : a story of a scared landscape / Francis Pryor.
- Publisher
- London : Head of Zeus, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-205) and index.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781784974657
- Research Call Number
- JFC 17-512