Who was buried at Stonehenge?
Who was buried at Stonehenge?
Stonehenge continues to surprise us. In this new study of the twentieth-century excavations, together with the precise radiocarbon dating that is now possible, the authors propose that the site started life in the early third millennium cal BC as a cremation cemetery within a circle of upright bluestones. Britain's most famous monument may therefore have been founded as the burial place of a leading family, possibly from Wales.
britain, neolithic, beaker, stonehenge
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Parker Pearson, Mike
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Chamberlain, Andrew
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Jay, Mandy
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Marshall, Peter
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Pollard, Joshua
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Richards, Colin
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Thomas, Julian
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Tilley, Chris
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Welham, Kate
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2009
Parker Pearson, Mike
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Chamberlain, Andrew
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Jay, Mandy
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Marshall, Peter
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Pollard, Joshua
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Richards, Colin
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Thomas, Julian
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Tilley, Chris
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Welham, Kate
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Parker Pearson, Mike, Chamberlain, Andrew, Jay, Mandy, Marshall, Peter, Pollard, Joshua, Richards, Colin, Thomas, Julian, Tilley, Chris and Welham, Kate
(2009)
Who was buried at Stonehenge?
Antiquity, 83 (319), .
Abstract
Stonehenge continues to surprise us. In this new study of the twentieth-century excavations, together with the precise radiocarbon dating that is now possible, the authors propose that the site started life in the early third millennium cal BC as a cremation cemetery within a circle of upright bluestones. Britain's most famous monument may therefore have been founded as the burial place of a leading family, possibly from Wales.
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Published date: 2009
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britain, neolithic, beaker, stonehenge
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Local EPrints ID: 344651
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/344651
ISSN: 0003-598X
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Andrew Chamberlain
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Peter Marshall
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Colin Richards
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Julian Thomas
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Chris Tilley
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Kate Welham
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