The dead of Stonehenge
The dead of Stonehenge
The assemblage of Neolithic cremated human remains from Stonehenge is the largest in Britain, and demonstrates that the monument was closely associated with the dead. New radiocarbon dates and Bayesian analysis indicate that cremated remains were deposited over a period of around five centuries from c. 3000–2500 BC. Earlier cremations were placed within or beside the Aubrey Holes that had held small bluestone standing stones during the first phase of the monument; later cremations were placed in the peripheral ditch, perhaps signifying the transition from a link between specific dead individuals and particular stones, to a more diffuse collectivity of increasingly long-dead ancestors.
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Willis, Christie
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April 2016
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Willis, Christie, Marshall, Peter, McKinley, Jacqueline, Pitts, Mike, Pollard, Joshua, Richards, Colin, Richards, Julian, Thomas, Julian, Waldron, Tony, Welham, Kate and Parker Pearson, Mike
(2016)
The dead of Stonehenge.
Antiquity, 90 (2), .
(doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.26).
Abstract
The assemblage of Neolithic cremated human remains from Stonehenge is the largest in Britain, and demonstrates that the monument was closely associated with the dead. New radiocarbon dates and Bayesian analysis indicate that cremated remains were deposited over a period of around five centuries from c. 3000–2500 BC. Earlier cremations were placed within or beside the Aubrey Holes that had held small bluestone standing stones during the first phase of the monument; later cremations were placed in the peripheral ditch, perhaps signifying the transition from a link between specific dead individuals and particular stones, to a more diffuse collectivity of increasingly long-dead ancestors.
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Accepted/In Press date: 21 May 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 April 2016
Published date: April 2016
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ISSN: 0003-598X
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