The Stonehenge People

Author : Rodney Castleden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134953509

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The Stonehenge People by Rodney Castleden Pdf

First published in 1990. Of all the monuments left by the past, Stonehenge is the most evocative, the most memorable and the most mysterious. Whilst the monuments of other cultures have gradually surrendered their mysteries, Stonehenge alone seems to stimulate endless conjecture. Rodney Castleden's vivid presentation of the world of the megaliths answers many of the most baffling questions about Stonehenge. There are, he stresses, few absolute certainties, but from the vast body of evidence assembled during the last hundred years it is now possible to get much closer to the truth than ever before. Who built the monuments and for what purpose? How were the bluestones moved from the sacred mountains of the west to Salisbury Plain? Who were the people responsible for this amazing undertaking, and what did they think and believe?

Author : Rodney Castleden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:704483244

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The Stonehenge People by Rodney Castleden Pdf

Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : WISC:89090336892

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The Stonehenge People by Aubrey Burl Pdf

Author : Richard John Copland Atkinson,Great Britain. Department of the Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Megalithic monuments
ISBN : 0116708360

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What is Stonehenge? by Richard John Copland Atkinson,Great Britain. Department of the Environment Pdf

Author : Mike Parker Pearson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857207333

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Stonehenge by Mike Parker Pearson 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 : Francis Pryor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781681777030

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Stonehenge: The Story of a Sacred Landscape by Francis Pryor Pdf

An illustrated, evocative narrative of the nature and history of Stonehenge that places the enigmatic stone megaliths in a wider cultural context. 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 in 3000 BC, Stonehenge's key elements are its “bluestones,” transported from West Wales by unexplained means, and its 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 monument in a wider cultural context, bringing acute insight into how antiquarians, scholars, writers, artists–and even neopagans—have interpreted the mystery over the centuries.

Author : Mike Pitts
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780500777176

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How to Build Stonehenge by Mike Pitts Pdf

Icon of the New Stone Age, sculptural and engineering marvel, symbol of national pride: there is nothing quite like Stonehenge. These great sarsen and bluestone slabs, arranged with simple, graphic genius, attract visitors from across the world. The monument stands silent in the face of the questions its unlikely existence raises: who built it? Why? How? There has been endless speculation about why Stonehenge was built, inspiring theories ranging from the academically credible to the improbable, but far less investigation into how. In the millennia since its creation, pieces of Stonehenge have been knocked over by heavy machinery, found their way to Florida (and back again), and been exposed to radioactive sodium, but the seemingly impossible endeavour of raising the stones with Neolithic technology has remained inexplicable until now. In the past decade ground-breaking discoveries, made possible by cutting-edge scientific techniques, have traced the precise provenance of the bluestones in Wales, but can we plot their journeys to the Salisbury Plain? And how might teams of labourers lacking machinery or even pack animals have dragged them 150 miles to the site? How did they carve joints into the sarsen boulders, among the hardest stones in the world, and then raise them into place? Mike Pitts draws on a lifetimes study to answer these questions, revealing how Stonehenge stood not in austere isolation, as we see it today, but as part of a wider world, the focus of a megalithic cosmology of belief, ritual and creativity.

Author : David Beeson
Publisher : Forest Edge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780956687951

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Stonehenge People by David Beeson Pdf

Stone age adventure. Prepare yourself for time travel. You are leaving the electronic world, the age of combustion engines, wheeled transport and arriving in the late Neolithic ... the Stone Age. A time before metal was known in the British Isles and even horses were rare. Yet, the people living in and around Stonehenge were just as human as we are today - with loves, conflicts and lives to lead. The book accurately follows the phases in the development of Stonehenge.

Author : Rodney Castleden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317606659

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Neolithic Britain by Rodney Castleden Pdf

The climax of the Stone Age in Britain, the Neolithic period (4700-2000BC), was a period of startling achievement. The British Isles are rich in Neolithic sites, which give us evidence of a complex and surprisingly developed archaic society. The author surveys 1100 secular and ceremonial sites in Britain, selecting some for detailed explanation; from these a sense of the diversity and dynamism of the living Neolithic communities emerges. He presents a comprehensive, profusely illustrated and up-to-date view of the Neolithic, organised by county. Archaeologists and prehistorians will find this book of interest and it should prove indispensable to students of archaeology as a source of information about the British Neolithic.

Author : Aylmer von Fleischer
Publisher : Aylmer von Fleischer
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Megalith by Aylmer von Fleischer Pdf

On the plains of Wiltshire in England lie the remains of ancient giant stones. Exactly which people built these stones remains the eternal question. Just like the pyramids of Egypt its origins remain shrouded in mystery. Various theories have been put forward as to the race or otherwise of these builders, but still, much uncertainty remains. The evidence is simply overwhelming that the earliest inhabitants of Britain and Ireland were Blacks. Mythological, archeological, linguistic and other sources have substantiated this remarkable fact. Candid authorities like the British Egyptologists Gerald Massey and Albert Churchward, the Scottish historian David Mac Ritchie, and the British antiquarian Godfrey Higgins, have done exhaustive research and brought many facts to our knowledge. Tacitus, Pliny, Claudian and other writers have described the Blacks they encountered in the British Isles as "Black as Ethiopians," "Cum Nigris Gentibus," "nimble-footed blackamoors," and so on. This book reveals much about the Black presence in the early British Isles, including the "mysterious" builders of Stonehenge. We learn about the Black Fomorians, Partholonians, Nemedians, Firbolgs, Tuatha De Danann, Black Danes, Black Douglases, the giants or Cyclopes and so on. We also learn about the Black serpent-worshiping Druids who built serpentine monuments like those at Avebury and Carnac, as well as the builders of the Round Towers of Ireland. The fact remains, that Blacks have played a very important role in the early history, traditions, religion and so on, of early Britain and elsewhere than is generally known and acknowledged. This is a must-read book.

Author : Rodney Castleden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134886388

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The Making of Stonehenge by Rodney Castleden Pdf

Castleden suggests that there is no one m̀eaning' or p̀urpose' for Stonehenge, that from its very beginning it has filled a variety of needs.

Author : Mike Parker Pearson,Stonehenge Riverside Project (England)
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,6 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 : Patrick Crampton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : England
ISBN : UCSC:32106000300670

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Stonehenge of the Kings by Patrick Crampton Pdf

Author : True Kelley,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780515156430

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Where Is Stonehenge? by True Kelley,Who HQ Pdf

Unravel some of the riddles of Stonehenge, one of the most famous and mysterious monuments in the world! Where is Stonehenge? That's an easy question to answer. It sits on the Salisbury Plain in Southern England. But what is the meaning of these strange circles of stones? Was Stonehenge a religious site to honor the dead? Or a sacred place of healing? Or perhaps an astrological calendar? These are much harder questions to answer. However, in an engaging and easy-to-read account, True Kelley puts forth all theories—past as well as current ones—about Stonehenge and the people who four thousand years ago managed to build this amazing monument.

Author : David Beeson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1520328281

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Stonehenge People by David Beeson Pdf

Prepare yourself for time travel. You will be leaving the electronic world, the age of combustion engines, and even wheeled transport, and arriving in the Late Neolithic - the Stone Age. It was a time when metals were unknown in the British Isles and even horses were rare. Yet the people living in and around what we today know as Stonehenge were just as human as ourselves. They found love, had conflicts and hate and lived their lives.History in a lively, yet accurate, format.Come with me to explore some of their lives and to see the Stone Age through their eyes.You will meet the Hunter, the Spirit Man, the Ancestors, the Elements and their Gods.Their lives are intertwined with the building of the enigma that is Stonehenge.An adventure to enjoy and one that will give you greater insight into Stonehenge.