Stonehenge Archaeology for All

'Making sense of a prehistoric mystery' Stonehenge was built over 4500 years ago, and is still today a place of enduring mystery. This great stone monument displays the remarkable skills of its prehistoric builders. But it is much more than just an impressive ring of standing stones. Stonehenge is part of a great monument complex on Salisbury Plain. To understand its meaning, archaeologists have explored neighbouring sites such as Durrington Walls and Woodhenge, and, further afield, the sources of the famous bluestones in west Wales. Only recently have archaeologists really begun to make sense of what Stonehenge was for, who built it and how. In this latest book in the Council for British Archaeology’s ‘Archaeology for All’ series, Professor Mike Parker Pearson and colleagues present an up-to-date interpretation of Stonehenge and its landscape. Drawing on their years of research and excavation, the authors present a highly readable account that is lavishly illustrated with images by Photographer Adam Stanford and reconstruction artist Peter Dunn.  Key Features: Paperback 172 pages