Pryor, Francis,

Stonehenge : the story of a sacred landscape / Francis Pryor. - First Pegasus books hardcover edition. - 207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Why Stonehenge matters -- Introduction: Religion, landscape and change -- After the ice (8000-4000 BC) -- The Stonehenge "ritual landscape" (4000-1500 BC) -- Before the great stones, part I: the formative years (from 3300 BC) -- Before the great stones, part II: stage 1 (from 3000 BC) -- The great stones arrive: stage 2 (from 2500 BC) -- The journey from life to death: stage 3 (from 2400 BC) -- Later developments: stages 4 and 5 (2100-1500 BC) -- After the stones -- Stonehenge today -- Appendix I. Timeline of significant events in British prehistory -- Appendix II. The ditch and the gradual establishment of Stonehenge.

"Pryor delivers a rigorous account of the nature and history of Stonehenge, but also places the enigmatic monument in a wider cultural context, bringing acute insight into how antiquarians, scholars, writers, artists, and even neopagans, have interpreted the mystery over the centuries."--Front jacket flap.

9781681776408 1681776405

2018303420


Megalithic monuments--England--Wiltshire.
Engineering.
History, Ancient.
Megalithic monuments--England--Wiltshire.
History, Ancient.
Engineering.
Megalithic monuments.
History, Ancient.
Engineering.
Antiquities.


Stonehenge (England)
Wiltshire (England)--Antiquities.
Stonehenge (England.)
England--Stonehenge.
England--Wiltshire.

DA142 / .P79 2018

936.2319