The Stonehenge People

An Exploration of Life in Neolithic Britain 4700-2000 BC
1. Auflage 1990
ISBN: 978-0-415-04065-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

First published in 1990. Of all the monuments left by the past, Stonehenge is the most evocative, the most memorable and the most mysterious. Whilst the monuments of other cultures have gradually surrendered their mysteries, Stonehenge alone seems to stimulate endless conjecture. Rodney Castleden's vivid presentation of the world of the megaliths answers many of the most baffling questions about Stonehenge. There are, he stresses, few absolute certainties, but from the vast body of evidence assembled during the last hundred years it is now possible to get much closer to the truth than ever before. Who built the monuments and for what purpose? How were the bluestones moved from the sacred mountains of the west to Salisbury Plain? Who were the people responsible for this amazing undertaking, and what did they think and believe?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Castleden, Rodney

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, FOREWORD BY SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, INTRODUCTION, 1. THE MYSTERIOUS MONUMENT, PART 1: SETTLEMENT AND AGRICULTURE, 2. HERE IN THIS MAGIC WOOD, 3. HEARTH AND HOME, 4. THE BROKEN CIRCLE, PART 2: INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS, 5 OF THE EFFECTE OF CERTAINE STONE, 6. CLAY CIRCLES: THE FIRST POTTERY, 7. BY WHAT MECHANICAL CRAFT, 8. BY THE DEVIL’S FORCE, PART 3: THE CEREMONIAL MONUMENTS, 9. EARTH CIRCLES AND EARTH LINES: THE RITUAL FUNCTION, 10. THE OLD TEMPLES OF THE GODS, 11. DIALOGUE WITH DEATH, PART 4: PEOPLE, POLITY AND PHILOSOPHY, 12. THE LAUGHING CHILDREN, 13. THE PEACEFUL CITADEL, 14. THE GREAT MYSTERY, 15. THE SPEAKING STONES, CONCLUSION, 16. CHILDHOOD’S END, APPENDIX: CONVERSION TABLES FOR RADIOCARBON DATES, REFERENCES, INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Rodney Casdeden is a geographer and geomorphologist by training and has been actively involved in research on landscape processes and prehistory for the last twenty years. He is also the author of The Knossos Labyrinth (1989), Minoans (1990) and The Making of Stonehenge (I993).