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name of, acquired,
313

and Neolithic labor organization,
115

and New Age Travelers,
45

new sequence for,
see
Stonehenge’s new sequence

1977 festival site accidentally excavated near,
198
,
264

not technically a henge,
4

number of people buried at, estimation of,
203

oldest suspected cow bone found at,
23

organizations responsible for,
50

Orkney’s version of,
99

and Pagans,
see main entry

Palisade at,
see
Stonehenge Palisade

parking lot at, Mesolithic posts under,
135
,
136

paucity of investigation into,
15

phases of construction,
see
Stonehenge’s new sequence

plans of,
28
,
44
,
47
,
168

postholes at,
30
,
41n
,
44
,
49
,
90
,
91
,
107
,
135
,
137
,
168
,
170
,
182
,
192
,
234
,
236
,
238
,
245
,
247
,
307
,
309
,
346

power of myth surrounding,
1

as predictor of lunar eclipses,
46
,
48

prehistoric monuments surround,
133

radiocarbon dating of,
23
,
40
,
42
,
45
,
108
,
128
,
135
,
169
,
184
,
185
,
200
,
230
,
247
,
303
,
307
,
332

Ring of Brodgar compared to,
99
,
324

Roman pottery found at,
32
,
170

sarsens at,
see
great trilithon, lintels, sarsen: dressing, sarsen circle, trilithons

second batch of bluestones delivered to,
224

selection of people for burial at, biases in,
201

settlement remains at, absence of,
4

siting of, questions surrounding,
231

siting of, reason for,
244
,
246

and snails,
164
,
240

and solstices,
41
,
45
,
48
,
144
,
161
,
173
,
180
,
198
,
245
;
see also
Stonehenge: astronomical factors concerning

spiritual symbolism of,
273

stakeholes at,
73
,
73
,
191
,
192

“stone copy” theory of,
5
,
10
,
314
,
316
,
317
,
325
,
334

stoneholes at, explained,
43

summary of Riverside Project’s findings concerning,
341

timber posts at,
234

twentieth-century excavations at,
51

undiscovered sites around,
228

unification, as monument to,
328
,
331

units of measurement used in building,
254
,
258
,
260

visitor center at,
1
,
40
,
233

woodworking techniques used in building of,
334
;
see also
Stonehenge: “stone copy” theory of

Stonehenge
(Atkinson),
280
;
see also
Atkinson, Richard
Stonehenge: Ancient Voices,
9

Stonehenge Archer,
195
,
212
,
304

Stonehenge Avenue,
10
,
31
,
41
,
96
,
108
,
157
,
216
,
238
,
241
,
247
,
310
,
345

arrowhead from,
67

discussion on indirect path of,
226

ditches and banks of,
221
,
223
,
226
,
240
,
258
,
310
,
311
,
346

elbow of,
240
,
241
,
241
,
242

meets River Avon,
2
,
7
,
10
,
14
,
93
,
157
,
216
,
226
,
240
,
343
,
344

Newall’s Mound to east of,
242
,
247

periglacial features under,
242
,
243
,
245
,
249
,
310

width of,
240

Stonehenge Bottom,
140
,
232
,
240
,
241

Stonehenge Decoded
(Hawkins),
46

Stonehenge Environs Project,
133
,
134
,
140
,
167
,
236
,
238

Stonehenge in Its Landscape
(Cleal
et al.),
42
,
108
,
128
,
185

Stonehenge Inn,
3

Stonehenge Palisade,
234
,
235
,
238

Stonehenge People, The
(Burl),
13

Stonehenge Riverside Project,
62
,
167
,
229
,
314

Arts and Humanities Research Council grant for,
92

discoveries of, summary,
341

discussions on start of,
56

duration of,
3

first fieldwork season of,
61

labor organization during,
116

plowsoil dug up by,
71

post-excavation work by,
92

in Preseli,
283

Royal Archaeological Institute award applied for by,
62

starting,
50

student participation in,
61

trench-digging by, logistics of,
70

Stonehenge’s new sequence,
309

1st stage, 3000–2920 BC, Middle Neolithic,
30
,
307
,
309
,
330

2nd stage, 2620–2480 BC, Late Neolithic,
31
,
310

3rd stage, 2480–2280 BC, Copper Age,
32
,
310

4th stage, 2280–2020 BC, Early Bronze Age,
33
,
311

5th stage, 1680–1520 BC, Middle Bronze Age,
34
,
311

Stones of Stenness,
324

stratigraphy,
44
,
135
,
170
,
172

Strumble-Preseli Ancient Communities and Environment Study (SPACES),
275
,
277

Stukeley, William,
2
,
31
,
45
,
46
,
140
,
151
,
177
,
179
,
252

drawing of druid by,
178

sketch of sarsens near Clatford by,
296
,
298
,
299

and unit of measurement used,
254

Sumba,
268

Swanton, Gill,
154

Sweet Track,
21

Syria,
18

T

Tacitus,
179

Tandroy people,
273

Tao Te Ching,
12

Tara,
274

Theoretical Archaeology Conference,
93

Thorn, Alexander,
39
,
46
,
48
,
110
,
254
,
256

Thomas, Herbert,
264
,
268

Thomas, Julian,
3
,
21
,
58
,
61

Greater Cursus excavations by,
142

Southern Circle excavation by,
86
,
89

Western Enclosures excavation by,
94
,
100
,
104
,
335

Thorpe, Richard,
265

Thurnham, John,
145

Till tributary,
145

Tilley, Chris,
3
,
59
,
151
,
157

Time Team,
83
,
124

Timewatch,
303
,
306

tooth enamel,
118
,
120
,
200
,
212
,
320

see also
isotopic analysis

Tor (Bulford) Stone,
150
,
151

trepanation,
281

trilithons,
27
,
31
,
34
,
40
,
43
,
45
,
89
,
102
,
109
,
115
,
169
,
200
,
209
,
251
,
255
,
258
,
260
,
293
,
307
,
310
,
313
,
335
,
338
,
339
,
343
;
see also
great trilithon Turkey,
12
,
18
,
137

Turner, Peter,
265

U

Upper Ninepence,
335
,
337

Upton Lovell,
154

V

Vale of Pewsey,
121
,
296
,
299

Vatcher, Faith,
135
,
227
,
233
,
248

Vatcher, Maj. Lance,
135
,
227
,
233
,
248

Vespasian’s Camp,
156
,
353

Vestra Fjold,
284

Viner, Sarah,
119
,
120

Vitruvius,
254

W

Wainwright, Geoff

and bluestones, theories concerning,
278
,
280

Durrington Walls excavation by,
53
,
58
,
81
,
86
,
104
,
106
,
113
,
118
,
150
,
196
,
343

and glacial-movement theory,
275

Marden excavation by,
300

new chronology of Stonehenge worked on by,
307

Stonehenge excavation by,
166
,
303

work in Preseli by,
275

Walton Basin,
327

Washington, DC, architecture of,
12

wattle-and-daub houses,
63

see also
Durrington Walls: houses

Waun Mawn,
283
,
288
,
289

Welham, Kate,
3
,
57
,
70
,
246
,
248
,
299

Welshpool,
327

Wessex,
6
,
58
,
59
,
99
,
107
,
184
,
214
,
243
,
271
,
275
,
300
,
317
,
319
,
328

chalklands of, famed for archaeological remains,
71

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