The date of the Greater Stonehenge Cursus
The date of the Greater Stonehenge Cursus
The Greater Cursus – 3km long and just north of Stonehenge – had been dated by a red deer antler found in its ditch in the 1940s to 2890-2460 BC. New excavations by the authors found another antler in a much tighter context, and dating a millennium earlier. It appears that the colossal cursus had already marked out the landscape before Stonehenge was erected. At that time or soon after, its lines were re-emphasised, perhaps with a row of posts in pits. So grows the subtlety of the discourse of monuments in this world heritage site.
england, stonehenge, neolithic, cursus, excavation, radiocarbon dating
40-53
Thomas, Julian
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Marshall, Peter
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Parker Pearson, Mike
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Pollard, Joshua
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Richards, Colin
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Tilley, Chris
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Welham, Kate
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2009
Thomas, Julian
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Marshall, Peter
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Parker Pearson, Mike
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Pollard, Joshua
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Richards, Colin
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Tilley, Chris
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Welham, Kate
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Thomas, Julian, Marshall, Peter, Parker Pearson, Mike, Pollard, Joshua, Richards, Colin, Tilley, Chris and Welham, Kate
(2009)
The date of the Greater Stonehenge Cursus.
Antiquity, 83 (319), .
Abstract
The Greater Cursus – 3km long and just north of Stonehenge – had been dated by a red deer antler found in its ditch in the 1940s to 2890-2460 BC. New excavations by the authors found another antler in a much tighter context, and dating a millennium earlier. It appears that the colossal cursus had already marked out the landscape before Stonehenge was erected. At that time or soon after, its lines were re-emphasised, perhaps with a row of posts in pits. So grows the subtlety of the discourse of monuments in this world heritage site.
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Published date: 2009
Keywords:
england, stonehenge, neolithic, cursus, excavation, radiocarbon dating
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Local EPrints ID: 344652
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/344652
ISSN: 0003-598X
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Julian Thomas
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Peter Marshall
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Mike Parker Pearson
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Colin Richards
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Chris Tilley
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Kate Welham
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