For more than 4,500 years people have been drawn to a windswept plain at the heart of southern England where a circle of vast upright stones topped with massive lintels stands. Yet Stonehenge – probably the most famous prehistoric monument in the world – remains mysterious.<\/p>\n
Today, nearly one and a half million people a year come from across the world to see for themselves this silent icon of the ancient past. But what do we really know about the people who built it, why they did so, and what they did here among the stones? In the 18th century stories of Druids, of sacrifices and pagan worship emerged in the silence. How has our understanding of this complex site changed since then?<\/p>\n
Through spectacular new photography, historic images, artworks and a remarkable new reconstruction drawing, Susan Greaney tells the story of Stonehenge, its builders and the people whose lives have been touched by this awe-inspiring monument from earliest times to the present day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Through spectacular new photography, historic images and reconstructions Susan Greaney tells the story of Stonehenge from earliest times to the present day.
PREFACE
\nINTRODUCTION
\nBEFORE STONEHENGE
\nTHE MESOLITHIC LANDSCAPE (9700–4000 BC)
\nTHE EARLY NEOLITHIC LANDSCAPE (4000–3200 BC)
\nStonehenge in its Global Context <\/p>\n
AT THE TIME OF STONEHENGE
\nTHE EARLY MONUMENT (3000–2600 BC)
\nA Place of Burial
\nA TEMPLE OF STONE (2600–2400 BC)
\nMoving and Raising the Stones
\nThe Missing Stones
\nThe Power of the Sun
\nTHE WORLD OF STONEHENGE (3200–2400 BC)
\nDurrington Walls
\nA Monument Complex <\/p>\n
THE CHALCOLITHIC AND BRONZE AGE
\nNEW PEOPLE, NEW IDEAS (2400–2200 BC)
\nBeaker Burials
\nThe Stonehenge Archer
\nParallel Populations?
\nEARLY BRONZE AGE (2200–1500 BC)
\n‘Wessex Culture’ Burials (1950–1500 BC)
\nBronze Age Carvings (1750–1580 BC) <\/p>\n
AFTER STONEHENGE
\nAN ABANDONED RUIN (1500 BC–AD 1200)
\nMyths and Legends
\nANTIQUARIAN INTEREST (1650–1740)
\nDruids
\nThe Barrow Explorers
\nEarly Visitors
\nArtistic Responses
\nEARLY RESTORATION AND EXCAVATION (1900–1926)
\nRising Tourism
\nMilitary Connections
\nMODERN STONEHENGE (1926–TODAY)
\nThe Stonehenge Free Festival
\nWorld Heritage Site
\nConservation and Nature
\nLocal Connections
\nSUMMARY
\nTIMELINE
\nBIBLIOGRAPHY
\nINDEX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":72491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5525],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-71119","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-photography","7":"author-by-author-susan-greaney","8":"publisher-english-heritage","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n