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Stonehenge
A Brief History
Taschenbuch von Mike Parker Pearson
Sprache: Englisch

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Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous monuments. Who built it, how and why are questions that have endured for at least 900 years, but modern methods of investigation are now able to offer up a completely new understanding of this iconic stone circle.

Stonehenge's history straddles the transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, though its story began long before it was built. Serving initially as a burial ground, it evolved over time into a sacred place for gathering, feasting and building, and was remodelled several times as different peoples arrived in the area along with new technologies and customs. In more recent centuries it has found itself the centre of excavations, political protests and even conspiracy theories, embedding itself in the consciousness of the modern world.

In this book Mike Parker Pearson draws on two decades of research, the results of recent excavations and cutting-edge scientific analyses to uncover many of the secrets that this prehistoric stone circle has kept for 5,000 years. In doing so, he paints the most comprehensive picture yet of the history of Stonehenge, from its origins up to the 21st century, and reveals how in some ways trying to explain its power of attraction in the present is harder than explaining its purpose in the ancient past.
Stonehenge is one of the world's most famous monuments. Who built it, how and why are questions that have endured for at least 900 years, but modern methods of investigation are now able to offer up a completely new understanding of this iconic stone circle.

Stonehenge's history straddles the transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, though its story began long before it was built. Serving initially as a burial ground, it evolved over time into a sacred place for gathering, feasting and building, and was remodelled several times as different peoples arrived in the area along with new technologies and customs. In more recent centuries it has found itself the centre of excavations, political protests and even conspiracy theories, embedding itself in the consciousness of the modern world.

In this book Mike Parker Pearson draws on two decades of research, the results of recent excavations and cutting-edge scientific analyses to uncover many of the secrets that this prehistoric stone circle has kept for 5,000 years. In doing so, he paints the most comprehensive picture yet of the history of Stonehenge, from its origins up to the 21st century, and reveals how in some ways trying to explain its power of attraction in the present is harder than explaining its purpose in the ancient past.
Über den Autor
Mike Parker Pearson isProfessor of British Later Prehistory at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK.
Zusammenfassung
Written by an expert whose insight is based on almost two decades of research among many of the world's leading archaeologists
Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface

1. Investigating Stonehenge: How We Know What We Know
2. Before Stonehenge
3. The First Stonehenge
4. The Second Stonehenge
5. Stonehenge (Stage 3) in the Age of Copper
6. Stonehenge (Stage 4) in the Age of Bronze
7. Stonehenge (Stage 5) in the Age of Gold
8. After Stonehenge: The Age of Silence?
9. Stonehenge into the Modern Era
10. Druids, Free Festivals and Development Pressures: Stonehenge in Contention
11. Stonehenge: The Never-Ending Story

Notes
Chronology of the Building of Stonehenge
Glossary
Chronological dramatis personae of Deceased Authors, Personalities and Investigators of Stonehenge
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Vor- & Frühgeschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Archaeological Histories
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350192225
ISBN-10: 1350192228
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 515150
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Parker Pearson, Mike
Redaktion: Harrison, Thomas
Garrow, Duncan
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Abbildungen: 50 bw illus
Maße: 231 x 154 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Mike Parker Pearson
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,332 kg
Artikel-ID: 123548091
Über den Autor
Mike Parker Pearson isProfessor of British Later Prehistory at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK.
Zusammenfassung
Written by an expert whose insight is based on almost two decades of research among many of the world's leading archaeologists
Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface

1. Investigating Stonehenge: How We Know What We Know
2. Before Stonehenge
3. The First Stonehenge
4. The Second Stonehenge
5. Stonehenge (Stage 3) in the Age of Copper
6. Stonehenge (Stage 4) in the Age of Bronze
7. Stonehenge (Stage 5) in the Age of Gold
8. After Stonehenge: The Age of Silence?
9. Stonehenge into the Modern Era
10. Druids, Free Festivals and Development Pressures: Stonehenge in Contention
11. Stonehenge: The Never-Ending Story

Notes
Chronology of the Building of Stonehenge
Glossary
Chronological dramatis personae of Deceased Authors, Personalities and Investigators of Stonehenge
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Geschichte
Jahrhundert: Vor- & Frühgeschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Archaeological Histories
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781350192225
ISBN-10: 1350192228
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 515150
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Parker Pearson, Mike
Redaktion: Harrison, Thomas
Garrow, Duncan
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Academic
Abbildungen: 50 bw illus
Maße: 231 x 154 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Mike Parker Pearson
Erscheinungsdatum: 04.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,332 kg
Artikel-ID: 123548091
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