Who was buried at stonehenge?

  • Mike Parker Pearson
  • , Andrew Chamberlain
  • , Mandy Jay
  • , Peter Marshall
  • , Josh Pollard
  • , Colin Richards
  • , Julian Thomas
  • , Chris Tilley
  • , Kate Welham

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)23-39
Number of pages17
JournalAntiquity
Volume83
Issue number319
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jan 2015

Keywords

  • Beaker
  • Britain
  • Neolithic
  • Stonehenge

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