M. Parker Pearson
Who was buried at Stonehenge?
Parker Pearson, M.; Chamberlain, A.; Jay, M.; Marshall, P.; Pollard, J.; Richards, C.; Thomas, J.; Tilley, C.; Welham, K.
Authors
A. Chamberlain
M. Jay
P. Marshall
J. Pollard
C. Richards
J. Thomas
C. Tilley
K. Welham
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.
Citation
Parker Pearson, M., Chamberlain, A., Jay, M., Marshall, P., Pollard, J., Richards, C., …Welham, K. (2009). Who was buried at Stonehenge?. Antiquity, 83(319), 23-39. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00098069
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Mar 1, 2009 |
Deposit Date | Jul 20, 2009 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 24, 2011 |
Journal | Antiquity |
Print ISSN | 0003-598X |
Electronic ISSN | 1745-1744 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 83 |
Issue | 319 |
Pages | 23-39 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00098069 |
Keywords | Britain, Neolithic, Beaker, Stonehenge. |
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