Cover image for Stonehenge : a new understanding : solving the mysteries of the greatest Stone Age monument
Title:
Stonehenge : a new understanding : solving the mysteries of the greatest Stone Age monument
Author:
Parker Pearson, Michael, 1957-
ISBN:
9781615190799
Publication Information:
New York : The Experiment, 2013.
Physical Description:
410 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
General Note:
"First published in Great Britain in 2012 as Stonehenge : exploring the greatest stone age mystery by Simon & Schuster, a division of Simon & Schuster UK Ltd."--T.p. verso.
Contents:
The man from Madagascar -- A brief history of Stonehenge -- Starting the project -- Putting the trench in the right place -- The houses and the henge -- Was this where the Stonehenge builders lived? -- The great trilithon and the date of the Sarsens -- Mysterious earthworks : the landscape of Stonehenge -- Mysteries of the river -- The Druids and Stonehenge -- The Aubrey holes -- Digging at Stonehenge -- The people of Stonehenge -- Bluestonehenge : back to the river -- Why Stonehenge is where it is -- Origins of the bluestones -- Origins of the Sarsens -- Earthworms and dates -- The new sequence for Stonehenge -- Stonehenge : the view from afar -- The end of Stonehenge.