Why was this amazing monument erected? How did our Stone-Age ancestors bring such massive stones to the site from so far away? How did they raise the enormous stones to their upright positions? What was Stonehenge used for, and who lived around the site? With captions and pictures, and using up-to-the-minute research discoveries, Mick Manning and Brita Granström tell the incredible true story of this awe-inspiring monument – one of the greatest ancient sites in the world.
In this latest book in the Council for British Archaeology's 'Archaeology for All' series, Professor Mike Parker Pearson presents an up-to-date interpretation of Stonehenge and its landscape.
The accidental timing of this book’s completion perfectly coincides with a general re-awakening of interest, and English Heritage’s radical plans to provide Stonehenge with a new visitors’ centre, together with their intention to ...