Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-296) and index. |
Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; 'BEYOND ALL HISTORICAL RECALL'; THE FIRST STONEHENGE; STONEHENGE ABANDONED?; STONES FROM AFAR: THE BLUESTONE ENIGMA; CULMINATION: THE SARSEN MONUMENT; STONEHENGE COMPLETED: THE RETURN OF THE BLUESTONES; THE MEANING OF STONEHENGE; STONEHENGE IN DECLINE; The chronology of Stonehenge; The cost of building the Stonehenge complex; Radiocarbon dates; Large volcanic eruptions and Stonehenge: a possible connection?; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
Castleden suggests that there is no one m̀eaning' or p̀urpose' for Stonehenge, that from its very beginning it has filled a variety of needs. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Stonehenge (England)
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Megalithic monuments -- England -- Wiltshire.
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Megalithic monuments. |
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England -- Wiltshire. |
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Antiquities, Prehistoric -- England -- Wiltshire.
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Antiquities, Prehistoric. |
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Wiltshire (England) -- Antiquities.
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Indexed Term |
Antiquities |
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Wiltshire (England) |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Castleden, Rodney. Making of Stonehenge. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993 0415085136 (DLC) 93012736 (OCoLC)27769480 |
ISBN |
0203308018 (electronic book) |
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9780203308011 (electronic book) |
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0203419464 (electronic book) |
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9780203419465 (electronic book) |
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9780415085137 |
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0415085136 |
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0415085136 (Cloth) |
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