Colin Richards

2024

Local and exotic sources of sarsen debitage at Stonehenge revealed by geochemical provenancing

Ciborowski, T. J. R., Nash, D. J., Darvill, T., Chan, B., Parker Pearson, M., Pullen, R., Richards, C. & Anderson-Whymark, H., Feb 2024, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 53, 104406.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Stone Circles: A Field Guide

Richards, C. & Cummings, V., 1 Jan 2024, 494 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

2022

Reconstructing extraction techniques at Stonehenge's bluestone megalith quarries in the Preseli hills of west Wales

Parker Pearson, M., Bevins, R., Pearce, N., Ixer, R., Pollard, J., Richards, C. & Welham, K., 6 Nov 2022, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 46, 103697.

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Stonehenge for the ancestors Part 2: Synthesis

Parker Pearson, M., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Thomas, J., Tilley, C. & Welham, K., 20 Dec 2022, Leiden: Sidestone Press, Leiden . 388 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

2021

A monumental catastrophe: investigating the collapsed dolmens at Garn Turne, south-west Wales

Cummings, V. & Richards, C., 26 Aug 2021, Monuments in the Making: Raising the Great Dolmens in Early Neolithic Northern Europe. Oxbow Books, p. 179-220 42 p. (Monuments in the Making).

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Monuments in the making: Raising the great dolmens of Early Neolithic Northern Europe

Cummings, V. & Richards, C., 25 Sept 2021, Oxford: Windgather Press. 328 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

The late Neolithic midden in Orkney: Decay, assemblages and the efficacy of unwanted things

Downes, J. & Richards, C., 15 Jan 2021, Far from equilibrium: An archaeology of energy, life and humanity. Boyd, M. & Doonan, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow Books, p. 45-56 11 p.

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The original Stonehenge A dismantled stone circle in the Preseli Hills of west Wales

Pearson, M. P., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Welham, K., Kinnaird, T., Shaw, D., Simmons, E., Stanford, A., Bevins, R., Ixer, R., Ruggles, C., Rylatt, J. & Edinborough, K., 12 Feb 2021, In: Antiquity. 95, 379, p. 85-103 19 p.

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22 Citations (Scopus)

2020

Care for the Future: Heritage Education in the context of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and other island communities

Downes, J., Torres Hochstetter, F., Keir, A., Torres Jeria, P., Richards, C. & Welham, K., 1 Aug 2020, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific. Vogt, B. (ed.). Rapanui Press, (Forschungen zur Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen).

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Monumental Choreography: Architecture and Spatial Representation in Late Neolithic Orkney

Richards, C., 27 May 2020, Interpretative Archaeology. Routledge, p. 143-178 36 p. (Interpretative Archaeology).

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Stonehenge for the ancestors: Part 1. Landscape and monuments

Parker Pearson, M., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Thomas, J., Tilley, C. & Welham, K., 30 Oct 2020, Leiden: Sidestone Press, Leiden . 606 p.

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2019

Excavation and survey of the Ara Metua (ara nui o toi) and related sites at Arai te Tonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands: Preliminary Report June 2019

Downes, J., Richards, C., Welham, K., Torres, F., Campbell, M. & Shaw, L., 25 Jun 2019, UHI Research Repository. 30 p.

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Megalithic quarries for Stonehenge's bluestones

Parker Pearson, M., Pollard, J., Richards, C. & Welham, K., 18 Feb 2019, In: Antiquity. 93, 367, p. 45-62 17 p.

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2017

Islands of History: the late Neolithic timescapes of Orkney

Richards, C., Whittle, A., Bayliss, A. & Marshall, P., 20 Sept 2017, In: Antiquity. 91, 359, p. 1171-1188 18 p.

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Passage graves as material technologies of wrapping

Richards, C. & Cummings, V., 12 Jun 2017, The Neolithic of Europe: Papers in honour of Alasdair Whittle. Bickle, P., Cummings, V., Hofmann, D. & Pollard, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow, p. 235-248 14 p.

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Passage graves as technologies of wrapping

Richards, C. & Cummings, V., 15 May 2017, The Neolithic of Europe: Papers in honour of Alasdair Whittle. Hoffman, D., Cummings, V., Bickle, P. & Pollard, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow, p. 235-248 13 p. Ch16

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Provisional Survey of Aitutaki, Cook Islands Sites and Monuments

Downes, J., Richards, C., Shaw, L., Torres, F. H. & Welham, K., Oct 2017, UHI Research Repository. 163 p.

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Remembered and imagined belongings: Stonehenge in the age of first metals

15 May 2017, The Neolithic of Europe: Papers in honour of Alasdair Whittle. Bickle, P., Hoffman, D., Cummings, V. & Pollard, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow, p. 279-297 18 p. Ch8

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2016

Between realms: entering the darkness of the hare paenga in ancient Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Richards, C. & Hamilton, S., 1 Feb 2016, The archaeology of darkness. Dowd, M. & Hensey, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow, p. 85-100 15 p.

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Containment, closure and red deer: A Late Neolithic butchery site at Skaill Bay, Mainland, Orkney

Richards, C., Clarke, A., Ingrem, C., Mulville, J. & Mainland, I., 1 Aug 2016, In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 145, p. 91-124 34 p.

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Making Moai: Reconsidering concepts of risk in the construction of megalithic architecture in Rapa Nui (easter Island)

Richards, C., 5 Jul 2016, Rapa Nui - Easter Island: cultural and historical perspectives. Conrich, I. & Muckler, H. (eds.). Berlin: Frank & Timme, p. 149-166 18 p.

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Materializing Neolithic House Societies in Orkney, introducing Varme Dale and Muckquoy

Richards, C., Downes, J., Gee, C. & Carter, S., Jun 2016, The development of Neolithic House Societies in Orkney: Investigations in the Bay of Firth, Mainland, Orkney (1994-2014). Richards, C. & Jones, R. (eds.). Oxford: Windgather Press, p. 224 253 p.

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Orkney: A tale of two Neolithics? Investigating the evolution of house societies in Orkney

Richards, C., 4 Aug 2016, In: Current Archaeology. 318

Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review

Quarried away: Thinking about landscapes of megalithic construction on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Hamilton, S., Arellano, S. N., Richards, C. & Francisco Torres, H., 3 Jun 2016, Handbook of Landscape Archaeology. Taylor and Francis, p. 176-186 11 p.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Settlement Duration and Materiality: Formal Chronological Models for the Development of Barnhouse, a Grooved Ware Settlement in Orkney

Richards, C., Jones, A. M., MacSween, A., Sheridon, A., Dunbar, E., Reimer, P., Bayliss, A., Griffiths, S. & Whittle, A., 31 Dec 2016, In: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 82, p. 193-225 33 p.

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21 Citations (Scopus)

Stonehenge's Avenue and 'Bluestonehenge'

Allen, M. J., Chan, B., Cleal, R., French, C., Marshall, P., Pollard, J., Pullen, R., Richards, C., Ruggles, C., Robinson, D., Rylatt, J., Thomas, J., Welham, K. & Pearson, M. P., 1 Aug 2016, In: Antiquity. 90, 352, p. 991-1008 18 p.

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16 Citations (Scopus)

The dead of Stonehenge

Willis, C., Marshall, P., McKinley, J., Pitts, M., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Richards, J., Thomas, J., Waldron, T., Welham, K. & Pearson, M. P., 1 Apr 2016, In: Antiquity. 90, 350, p. 337-356 20 p.

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33 Citations (Scopus)

The development of Neolithic house societies in Orkney: Investigations in the Bay of Firth, Mainland Orkney (1994–2014)

Richards, C. & Jones, R., 10 Nov 2016, 2 ed. Oxford: Windgather Press. 512 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

The settlement of Crossiecrown: the Grey and the Red Houses

Card, N., Downes, J., Richards, C., Jones, R., Challands, A., French, C. A. I. & Thomas, A. S., Nov 2016, The Development of Neolithic House Societies in Orkney. Oxford: Windgather Press, ch7

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2015

A monumental task: building the dolmens of Britain and Ireland

Richards, C. & Cummings, V., 1 May 2015, The megalithic architecture of Europe. Laporte, L. & Scarre, C. (eds.). Oxford: Oxbow, p. 49-58 9 p.

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Craig Rhos-y-felin: A Welsh bluestone megalith quarry for Stonehenge

Parker Pearson, M., Bevins, R., Ixer, R., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Welham, K., Chan, B., Edinborough, K., Hamilton, D., MacPhail, R., Schlee, D., Schwenninger, J. L., Simmons, E. & Smith, M., 7 Dec 2015, In: Antiquity. 89, 348, p. 1331-1352 22 p.

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45 Citations (Scopus)

Google under-the-earth: Seeing Beneath Stonehenge using Google Earth - A tool for public engagement and the dissemination of archaeological data

Welham, K., Shaw, L., Dover, M., Manley, H., Pearson, M. P., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Thomas, J. & Tilley, C., 7 Jul 2015, In: Internet Archaeology. 40

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8 Citations (Scopus)

Who was buried at stonehenge?

Pearson, M. P., Chamberlain, A., Jay, M., Marshall, P., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Thomas, J., Tilley, C. & Welham, K., 2 Jan 2015, In: Antiquity. 83, 319, p. 23-39 17 p.

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38 Citations (Scopus)

2014

Wrapped in images: body metaphors, petroglyphs and landscape in the island world of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Richards, C. & Croucher, K., 2014, Wrapping and Unwrapping Material Culture: Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives. Harris, S. & Douny, L. (eds.). Routledge, p. 209-228 20 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2013

Interpreting Stone Circles

Richards, C., 30 Nov 2013, Building the Great Stone Circles of the North. Oxford: Windgather Press, p. 2-30 29 p. (Building the Great Stone Circles of the North).

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Investigating the great Ring of Brodgar

Downes, J., Richards, C., Brown, J., Cresswell, A. J., Ellen, R., Davis, A. D., Hall, A., McCulloch, R., Sanderson, D. C. W. & Simpson, I. A., 2013, Building the Great Stone Circles of the North. Richards, C. (ed.). Oxford: Windgather Press

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Wrapping places in stone: the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar, Orkney

Richards, C., Downes, J. & Card, N., 2013, Building the great stone circles of the north.. richards, C. (ed.). Windgather Press

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2012

Durrington walls to west amesbury by way of stonehenge: A major transformation of the holocene landscape

French, C., Scaife, R., Allen, M. J., Pearson, M. P., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Thomas, J. & Welham, K., 2 Oct 2012, In: Antiquaries Journal. 92, p. 1-36 36 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

15 Citations (Scopus)

2011

Road my body goes: Re-creating ancestors from stone at the great moai quarry of Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Richards, C., Croucher, K., Paoa, T., Parish, T., Enrique Tucki, M. & Welham, K., Jun 2011, In: World Archaeology. 43, 2, p. 191-210 20 p.

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8 Citations (Scopus)

2009

Exploring the Location and Function of a Late Neolithic House at Crossiecrown, Orkney by Geophysical, Geochemical and Soil Micromorphological Methods

Jones, R., Challands, A., French, C., Card, N., Downes, J. & Richards, C., 2009, In: Archaeological Prospection. 17, 1, p. 29 47 p.

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21 Citations (Scopus)

The date of the greater stonehenge cursus

Thomas, J., Marshall, P., Pearson, M. P., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Tilley, C. & Welham, K., 7 Mar 2009, In: Antiquity. 83, 319, p. 40-53 14 p.

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18 Citations (Scopus)

2007

The age of Stonehenge

Pearson, M. P., Cleal, R., Marshall, P., Needham, S., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Ruggles, C., Sheridan, A., Thomas, J., Tilley, C., Welham, K., Chamberlain, A., Chenery, C., Evans, J., Knüsel, C., Linford, N., Martin, L., Montgomery, J., Payne, A. & Richards, M., 1 Sept 2007, In: Antiquity. 81, 313, p. 617-639 23 p.

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69 Citations (Scopus)

2006

Materializing Stonehenge: The Stonehenge Riverside Project and new discoveries

Pearson, M. P., Pollard, J., Richards, C., Thomas, J., Tilley, C., Welham, K. & Albarella, U., 30 Jul 2006, In: Journal of Material Culture. 11, 1-2, p. 227-261 35 p.

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