Articles liés à Stonehenge: Exploring the Greatest Stone Age Enigma
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We had stumbled upon the reason why Stonehenge is where it is.
The northeast entrance of Stonehenge is positioned at one end of a pair of natural ridges. It is not unusual for Neolithic monuments to incorporate such aspects of the natural world into their design, but what is exceptional here is that this particular natural feature, by sheer coincidence, is aligned on the solstice axis.
The natural ridges formed what anthropologists call an
axis mundi, an axis or centre of the world.
A striking and original interpretation of the awe-inspiring Stone Age site from one of the world's foremost authorities on the archaeology of death and burial, this landmark book sets out the new theory about Stonehenge's true significance: it was a monument to the ancestors, built as a symbol of political unification.
For centuries archaeologists and historians have speculated about Stonehenge's true purpose: was it a temple of the sun, a megalithic calendar, or a centre for druidic worship? The archaeological confirmation of Mike Parker Pearson's hypothesis demolishes previous theories about Stonehenge's significance, and he debunks once and for all the myths about Stonehenge's 'druidic' identity.
During seven years of work the Stonehenge Riverside Project team explored the enigmatic timber and earthen monuments that surround Stonehenge and for the first time revealed details of the lives of the Neolithic people who built the monuments. Through a combination of years of excavation, cutting-edge technology and sophisticated analysis, Parker Pearson's team has retold the story of Stonehenge, and this book will change forever the way we think about Britain's most iconic and enduring prehistoric monument.
Présentation de l'éditeur
Our knowledge about Stonehenge has changed dramatically as a result of the Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009), led by Mike Parker Pearson, and included not only Stonehenge itself but also the nearby great henge enclosure of Durrington Walls. This book is about the people who built Stonehenge and its relationship to the surrounding landscape. The book explores the theory that the people of Durrington Walls built both Stonehenge and Durrington Walls, and that the choice of stone for constructing Stonehenge has a significance so far undiscovered, namely, that stone was used for monuments to the dead. Through years of thorough and extensive work at the site, Parker Pearson and his team unearthed evidence of the Neolithic inhabitants and builders which connected the settlement at Durrington Walls with the henge, and contextualised Stonehenge within the larger site complex, linked by the River Avon, as well as in terms of its relationship with the rest of the British Isles. Parker Pearson's book changes the way that we think about Stonehenge; correcting previously erroneous chronology and dating; filling in gaps in our knowledge about its people and how they lived; identifying a previously unknown type of Neolithic building; discovering Bluestonehenge, a circle of 25 blue stones from western Wales; and confirming what started as a hypothesis - that Stonehenge was a place of the dead - through more than 64 cremation burials unearthed there, which span the monument's use during the third millennium BC. In lively and engaging prose, Parker Pearson brings to life the imposing ancient monument that continues to hold a fascination for everyone.
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