The Henge Monuments

Author : Jan Harding
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112379537

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Henge Monuments of the British Isles by Jan Harding Pdf

The later Neolithic henges are a distinctive yet enigmatic class of monument. Taken as indicative of the emerging social complexity of the third millennium BC, they are often seen as the culmination of cultural achievement during this period. Yet little is actually known about these monuments -- their origins, the meanings behind their distinctive layout, the activities undertaken within their perimeters, or indeed their significance to later Neolithic society. Drawing on the full range of data available across the British Isles and on anthropological parallels, the author addresses these questions in a book that will be of interest to anyone wishing to understand Neolithic society.

Author : Geoffrey Wainwright
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Bronze age
ISBN : 0500390258

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The Henge Monuments by Geoffrey Wainwright Pdf

Explains what recent excavations reveal about ancient henges and the society that built them.

Author : Richard Bradley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Antiquities, Prehistoric
ISBN : 0903903385

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Stages and Screens by Richard Bradley Pdf

Many years ago 'henge monuments' were identified as a distinctive kind of prehistoric monument but their interpretation still poses problems. When were they first built and how long did they remain important? How were they used and did their roles change during the course of their history? The results of excavations at Broomend of Crichie in Aberdeenshire, Pullyhour in Caithness and Migdale and Lairg in Sutherland are brought together in a new account of the henge monuments of Northern Britain, which places a special emphasis on their distinctive character and their extended history.

Author : A. F. Harding,Graham E. Lee
Publisher : BAR British Series
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Aerial photography in archaeology
ISBN : UOM:39015049763108

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Henge Monuments and Related Sites of Great Britain by A. F. Harding,Graham E. Lee Pdf

Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017248316

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Prehistoric Henges by Aubrey Burl Pdf

"Stonehenge is only one of almost a hundred vast circular earthworks built in Britain and Ireland over five thousand years ago. Known as henges, they remain one of the mysteries of prehistoric Britain. With their overgrown banks and weathered ditches they attract few visitors. Yet discoveries have revealed fascinating glimpses of the beliefs of their builders. Excavations have unearthed grim evidence of forgotten rituals: a child's sacrifice at Woodhenge; a human burial at the centre of Arbor Low; winter moonlight at Stonehenge. Such things hint at the power and importance that these huge enclosures once had. The effort needed to raise these spacious rings of earth or chalk, the careful planning of their entrances, the settings of stone or timber inside them and the avenues leading uphill from nearby rivers all make henges among the most exciting and intriguing of the ancient monuments of the British Isles." --Back cover.

Author : Mike Parker Pearson
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781615191727

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Stonehenge - A New Understanding: Solving the Mysteries of the Greatest Stone Age Monument by Mike Parker Pearson Pdf

“The most authoritative, important book on Stonehenge to date.”—Kirkus, starred review Stonehenge stands as an enduring link to our prehistoric ancestors, yet the secrets it has guarded for thousands of years have long eluded us. Until now, the millions of enthusiasts who flock to the iconic site have made do with mere speculation—about Stonehenge’s celestial significance, human sacrifice, and even aliens and druids. One would think that the numerous research expeditions at Stonehenge had left no stone unturned. Yet, before the Stonehenge Riverside Project—a hugely ambitious, seven-year dig by today’s top archaeologists—all previous digs combined had only investigated a fraction of the monument, and many records from those earlier expeditions are either inaccurate or incomplete. Stonehenge—A New Understanding rewrites the story. From 2003 to 2009, author Mike Parker Pearson led the Stonehenge Riverside Project, the most comprehensive excavation ever conducted around Stonehenge. The project unearthed a wealth of fresh evidence that had gone untouched since prehistory. Parker Pearson uses that evidence to present a paradigm-shifting theory of the true significance that Stonehenge held for its builders—and mines his field notes to give you a you-are-there view of the dirt, drama, and thrilling discoveries of this history-changing archaeological dig.

Author : John Barrett,Richard J. Bradley,Martin T. Green
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1991-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 052132128X

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Landscape, Monuments and Society by John Barrett,Richard J. Bradley,Martin T. Green Pdf

Cranborne Chase, in central southern England, is the area where British field archaeology developed in its modern form. The site of General Pitt Rivers' pioneering excavations in the nineteenth century, Cranborne Chase also provides a microcosm of virtually all the major types of filed monument present in southern England as a whole. Much of the archaeological material has fortuitously survived, offering the fullest chronological cover of any part of the prehistoric British landscape. Martin Green began working in this region in 1968 and was joined by John Barrett and Richard Bradley in 1977 for a fuller programme of survey and excavation that lasted for nearly ten years. In this important study, they apply some of the questions in prehistory to one of the first regions of the country to be studied in such detail. The book is a regional study of long-term change in British prehistory, and contains a unique collection of data. A landmark in the archaeological literature, it will be essential reading for students and scholars of British prehistory and social and historical geography, and also for all those involved with archaeological methods.

Author : Mike Parker Pearson,Stonehenge Riverside Project (England)
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857207302

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Stonehenge by Mike Parker Pearson,Stonehenge Riverside Project (England) Pdf

Our knowledge about Stonehenge has changed dramatically as a result of the Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009), led by Mike Parker Pearson, and included not only Stonehenge itself but also the nearby great henge enclosure of Durrington Walls. This book is about the people who built Stonehenge and its relationship to the surrounding landscape. The book explores the theory that the people of Durrington Walls built both Stonehenge and Durrington Walls, and that the choice of stone for constructing Stonehenge has a significance so far undiscovered, namely, that stone was used for monuments to the dead. Through years of thorough and extensive work at the site, Parker Pearson and his team unearthed evidence of the Neolithic inhabitants and builders which connected the settlement at Durrington Walls with the henge, and contextualised Stonehenge within the larger site complex, linked by the River Avon, as well as in terms of its relationship with the rest of the British Isles. Parker Pearson's book changes the way that we think about Stonehenge; correcting previously erroneous chronology and dating; filling in gaps in our knowledge about its people and how they lived; identifying a previously unknown type of Neolithic building; discovering Bluestonehenge, a circle of 25 blue stones from western Wales; and confirming what started as a hypothesis - that Stonehenge was a place of the dead - through more than 64 cremation burials unearthed there, which span the monument's use during the third millennium BC. In lively and engaging prose, Parker Pearson brings to life the imposing ancient monument that continues to hold a fascination for everyone.

Author : Alex M. Gibson
Publisher : BAR International Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Earthworks (Archaeology)
ISBN : 1407310399

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Enclosing the Neolithic by Alex M. Gibson Pdf

Contents: Introduction (Alex Gibson); Earthen Enclosures in Britain & Ireland: An Introduction to the study of henges: time for a change? (Alex Gibson); Henging, mounding and blocking: the Forteviot henge group (Kenneth Brophy & Gordon Noble); Henges in Ireland: new discoveries and emerging issues (Muiris O'Sullivan, Stephen Davies & Geraldine Stout); Journeys and Juxtapositions. Marden Henge and the View from the Vale (Jim Leary & David Field); Conformity, Routeways and Religious Experience - the Henges of Central Yorkshire (Jan Harding); Ringlemere: A Pit/Post Horseshoe and Henge Monument in East Kent (Keith Parfitt & Stuart Needham); Living with Sacred Spaces: The Henge Monuments of Wessex (Joshua Pollard); Neolithic enclosures: European case studies: Mid Neolithic Enclosures in Southern Scandinavia (Lars Larsson); Mid- Late Neolithic Enclosures in the South of France (Fabien Convertini); Kreisgrabenanlagen - Middle Neolithic Ritual Enclosures in Austria 4800-4500 BC (Wolfgang Neubauer); Mind the gap: Neolithic and Chalcolithic enclosures of south Portugal (Antonio Carlos Valera); The Neolithic enclosures in transition. Tradition and change in the cosmology of early farmers in central Europe (Jan Turek); Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Richard Bradley).

Author : Miles Russell
Publisher : Tempus Publishing, Limited
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : IND:30000081009601

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Monuments of the British Neolithic by Miles Russell Pdf

Author : Alistair Marshall
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789697063

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Orientation of Prehistoric Monuments in Britain: A Reassessment by Alistair Marshall Pdf

Reassesses major axial alignment at many megalithic ritual and funerary monuments (Neolithic to Bronze Age) in Britain and Ireland, not in terms of abstract astronomical concerns, but as an expression of repeated seasonal propitiation involving community, agrarian economy and ancestry in an attempt to mitigate variable environmental conditions.

Author : Richard John Copland Atkinson
Publisher : Penguin Mass Market
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015063164449

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Stonehenge by Richard John Copland Atkinson Pdf

Prehistoric archaeology has seen notable advances in recent years, particularly at Stonehenge, where our understanding has been much enlarged by the ltest excavations.

Author : Richard John Copland Atkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Architecture, Prehistoric
ISBN : OCLC:222980581

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Four New Henge Monuments in Scotland and Northumberland by Richard John Copland Atkinson Pdf

Author : Richard Bradley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134744848

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The Significance of Monuments by Richard Bradley Pdf

The Neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including Stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguities. Starting in the Mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the Late Bronze Age, Richard Bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoples. The Significance of Monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years later. Part One discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric Europe. Other features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across Continental Europe are also examined. Part Two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studies. The Significance of Monuments is an indispensable text for all students of European prehistory. It is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating period.

Author : Michael Pitts
Publisher : Random House
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446441350

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Hengeworld by Michael Pitts Pdf

In November 1997 English Heritage announced the discovery of a vast prehistoric temple in Somerset. The extraordinary wooden rings at Stanton Drew are the most recent and biggest of a series of remarkable discoveries that have transformed the way archaeologists think of the great monuments in the region, including Avebury and Stonehenge; one of the world's most famous prehistoric monuments, top tourist site and top location for summer solstice celebrations. The results of these discoveries have not been published outside academic journals and no one has considered the wider implications of these finds. Here Mike Pitts, who has worked as an archaeologist at Avebury, and has access to the unpublished English Heritage files, asks what sort of people designed and built these extraordinary neolithic structures - the biggest in Britain until the arrival of medieval cathedrals. Using computer reconstructions he shows what they looked like and asks what they are for. This is the story of the discovery of a lost civilisation that spanned five centuries, a civilisation that now lies mostly beneath the fields of Southern England.