Read Stonehenge a New Understanding Online
Authors: Mike Parker Pearson
Tags: #Social Science, #Archaeology
name of, acquired,
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and Neolithic labor organization,
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and New Age Travelers,
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new sequence for,
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Stonehenge’s new sequence
not technically a henge,
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number of people buried at, estimation of,
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oldest suspected cow bone found at,
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organizations responsible for,
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Orkney’s version of,
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and Pagans,
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Palisade at,
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Stonehenge Palisade
paucity of investigation into,
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phases of construction,
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Stonehenge’s new sequence
postholes at,
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power of myth surrounding,
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prehistoric monuments surround,
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radiocarbon dating of,
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sarsens at,
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great trilithon, lintels, sarsen: dressing, sarsen circle, trilithons
second batch of bluestones delivered to,
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selection of people for burial at, biases in,
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settlement remains at, absence of,
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siting of, questions surrounding,
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and solstices,
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Stonehenge: astronomical factors concerning
spiritual symbolism of,
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stoneholes at, explained,
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summary of Riverside Project’s findings concerning,
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timber posts at,
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twentieth-century excavations at,
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undiscovered sites around,
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woodworking techniques used in building of,
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Stonehenge: “stone copy” theory of
Stonehenge
(Atkinson),
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;
see also
Atkinson, Richard
Stonehenge: Ancient Voices,
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Stonehenge Avenue,
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arrowhead from,
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discussion on indirect path of,
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width of,
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Stonehenge Bottom,
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Stonehenge Decoded
(Hawkins),
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Stonehenge Environs Project,
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Stonehenge in Its Landscape
(Cleal
et al.),
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Stonehenge Inn,
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Stonehenge Palisade,
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Stonehenge People, The
(Burl),
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Stonehenge Riverside Project,
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Arts and Humanities Research Council grant for,
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discoveries of, summary,
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discussions on start of,
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duration of,
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first fieldwork season of,
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labor organization during,
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plowsoil dug up by,
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post-excavation work by,
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in Preseli,
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Royal Archaeological Institute award applied for by,
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starting,
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student participation in,
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trench-digging by, logistics of,
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Stonehenge’s new sequence,
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Stones of Stenness,
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Strumble-Preseli Ancient Communities and Environment Study (SPACES),
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Stukeley, William,
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drawing of druid by,
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and unit of measurement used,
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Sumba,
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Swanton, Gill,
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Sweet Track,
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Syria,
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Tacitus,
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Tandroy people,
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Tao Te Ching,
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Tara,
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Theoretical Archaeology Conference,
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Thorn, Alexander,
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Greater Cursus excavations by,
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Thorpe, Richard,
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Thurnham, John,
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Till tributary,
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tooth enamel,
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isotopic analysis
trepanation,
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trilithons,
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great trilithon Turkey,
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Turner, Peter,
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Upton Lovell,
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Vatcher, Faith,
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Vatcher, Maj. Lance,
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Vestra Fjold,
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Vitruvius,
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Wainwright, Geoff
Durrington Walls excavation by,
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and glacial-movement theory,
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Marden excavation by,
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new chronology of Stonehenge worked on by,
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work in Preseli by,
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Walton Basin,
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Washington, DC, architecture of,
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wattle-and-daub houses,
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see also
Durrington Walls: houses
Welham, Kate,
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Welshpool,
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Wessex,
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chalklands of, famed for archaeological remains,
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