Megaliths, stone circles, and archaeoastronomy

The making of Stonehenge

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20th century
Language: English

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Description from Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue

Every generation has created its own interpretation of Stonehenge, but rarely do these relate to the physical realities of the monument. Rodney Castleden begins with those elements which made possible the building of this vast stone circle: the site, the materials and the society that undertook the enormous task of transporting and raising the great vertical stones, then capping them, all to a carefully contrived plan. What emerges from this detailed examination is a much fuller sense of Stonehenge, both in relation to all the similar sites close by, and in terms of the uses to which it wa

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Megaliths, stone circles, and archaeoastronomy.

Megaliths, stone circles, and archaeoastronomy
Controlled discovery queries from gegnir matched “Megalithic monuments”. Retained metadata contains “stone circle” in the description, “megalithic” in the subject metadata, and “Megalithic monuments” in the subject metadata.
- “Megalithic monuments”· via Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue
- “stone circle”· in description
- “megalithic”· in subject
- “Megalithic monuments”· in subject

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
1st ed 1 online resource (320 p.); Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; 'BEYOND ALL HISTORICAL RECALL'; THE FIRST STONEHENGE; STONEHENGE ABANDONED?; STONES FROM AFAR: THE BLUESTONE ENIGMA; CULMINATION: THE SARSEN MONUMENT; STONEHENGE COMPLETED: THE RETURN OF THE BLUESTONES; THE MEANING OF STONEHENGE; STONEHENGE IN DECLINE; The chronology of Stonehenge; The cost of building the Stonehenge complex; Radiocarbon dates; Large volcanic eruptions and Stonehenge: a possible connection?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Description based upon print version of record; Dewey classification: 936.2; Dewey classification: 942.3/1; Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-296) and index; Publication place: London; Publication place: New York	1993	Routledge	English	9780203419465 9786610109401 0203308018 0203419464 +3 more	Catalog record	Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue (opens in a new tab) Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue (opens in a new tab)