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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139780747806097
eBay Product ID (ePID)89698349
Product Key Features
Number of Pages64 Pages
Publication NamePrehistoric Stone Circles
LanguageEnglish
SubjectArchaeology
Publication Year2005
TypeTextbook
AuthorAubrey Burl
SeriesShire Archaeology
Dimensions
Item Height210 mm
Item Width150 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAubrey Burl