LEADER 03049nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910808762103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-88637-3 010 $a1-134-88638-1 010 $a1-280-10940-8 010 $a9786610109401 010 $a0-203-41946-4 010 $a0-203-30801-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203419465 035 $a(CKB)111087027070754 035 $a(EBL)178548 035 $a(OCoLC)52484584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000196003 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190648 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196003 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10129909 035 $a(PQKB)10359779 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC178548 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL178548 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10061184 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL10940 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027070754 100 $a19930302d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe making of Stonehenge /$fRodney Castleden ; illustrated by the author 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-64288-4 311 $a0-415-08513-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 286-296) and index. 327 $aBook 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 330 $aEvery generation has created its own interpretation of Stonehenge, but rarely do these relate to the physical realities of the monument. Rodney Castleden begins with those elements which made possible the building of this vast stone circle: the site, the materials and the society that undertook the enormous task of transporting and raising the great vertical stones, then capping them, all to a carefully contrived plan. What emerges from this detailed examination is a much fuller sense of Stonehenge, both in relation to all the similar sites close by, and in terms of the uses to which it wa 606 $aMegalithic monuments$zEngland$zWiltshire 606 $aPrehistoric peoples$zEngland$zWiltshire 607 $aStonehenge (England) 607 $aWiltshire (England)$xAntiquities 615 0$aMegalithic monuments 615 0$aPrehistoric peoples 676 $a936.2 676 $a942.3/1 700 $aCastleden$b Rodney$0328775 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808762103321 996 $aThe making of Stonehenge$94123388 997 $aUNINA