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Prehistoric stone circles / Aubrey Burl.

By: Burl, Aubrey.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Shire archaeology ; 9.Publisher: Aylesbury : Shire, 1988Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 56 p : ill, maps ; 21cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0852639627.Subject(s): Cromlechs -- Great BritainDDC classification: 936.101
Contents:
Introduction -- The origins of stone circles -- Early stone circles (c. 3370 to 2670 BC) -- The middle period (c. 2670 to 1975 BC) -- Late stone circles (c. 1975 to 1200 BC) -- Stonehenge (c. 3200 to 1000 BC) -- Current work on stone circles -- Fifty sites to visit.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Rewritten to include new material and research, this excellent summary describes stone circles, including Stonehenge, and shows how we are gradually coming to an understanding of their significance.

Bibliography: (pages 54-55) and index.

Introduction -- The origins of stone circles -- Early stone circles (c. 3370 to 2670 BC) -- The middle period (c. 2670 to 1975 BC) -- Late stone circles (c. 1975 to 1200 BC) -- Stonehenge (c. 3200 to 1000 BC) -- Current work on stone circles -- Fifty sites to visit.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • The origins of stone circles
  • Early stone circles: Late Neolithic Age, c.3650-2900 BC
  • The Megalithic Enclosures of Britanny
  • The Middle Period: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, c.2900-2200 BC
  • Late stone circles
  • Early to Middle Bronze Age, c.2200-1500 BC
  • Stonehenge: c. 3000-1500 BC
  • Current work on stone circles
  • Sites to visit
  • Further reading