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Prehistoric Stone Circles

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Prehistoric Stone Circles

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Stone circles have excited the imagination of their visitors ever since the time of John Aubrey, the seventeenth century antiquarian who was the first person to study them seriously. For three hundred years archaeologists, astronomers and anthropologists have aruged about the purpose of these abandoned rings. Modern excavations have showsn that the earliest circles were erected over five thousand tyears ago and that often sightlines were built into them towards the sun or moon. This book describes these rings, including Stonehenge, explains their history and the facts known about them, and shows how we are gradually coming to an understanding of the significance these gaunt, grey circles had to their builders.

Author Biography

Aubrey Burl is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. He has directed the excavation of several monuments, including two strange recumbent stone circles of Aberdeenshire. Formerly Principal Lecturer in Prehistory at Hull College of Higher Education, he now lives in Birmingham.
Release date Australia
April 1st, 2005
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Illustrations
43 colour and 4 line illus.
Imprint
Shire Publications
Pages
64
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
150x210x4
ISBN-13
9780747806097
Product ID
2445901

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