This article argues that Stonehenge was a cremation burial site from its beginning and continued to be so throughout the third millennium Cal BC with an estimate of a hundred and fifty individuals buried at Stonehenge. It also goes further‚ saying how the 56 Aubrey Holes belong to the primary stage of Stonehenge construction and also the chance that they contained Welsh bluestones. The cremation burials were appointed to have taken place around the twenty-seventh to twenty-sixth centuries cal BC
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Design / Materials / Layout / Technology / Decoration / Function: Stonehenge: * New geological research is currently being carried out to identify the sites of origin more accurately. How the stones were transported for over 250km (156 miles) to Stonehenge remains unknown‚ but it is probable that a combination of transport via water networks and hauling over land brought them to the site. The larger sarsen stones are a type of sandstone‚ a stone found scattered across southern England. Most
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Stonehenge Stonehenge is a huge megalithic monument situated on Salisbury Plain‚ Mid-Wiltshire‚ England. The ruins of Stonehenge contain stones from three stages of building. These stages took place over a period of roughly 1600 years from 3100 BC to 1500 BC (Chippindale‚ 1983:271). Stonehenge has been severely damaged by things as different as tourists to weather. What it is today is quite different from what scientists suggest it may have looked like when it was finished (Fig1 and Fig2). Since
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The Stonehenge original purpose may never be truly known but even so‚ archaeologists have thought up of theories to why this monument was erected. The most influential theories explain that the monument may have been to keep track of the movement of the sun‚ as a cemetery for the elite‚ a healing place‚ or a team building exercise. The Stonehenge is located on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire‚ England. It is believed that construction started around 3000 B.C.‚ in the Neolithic Period‚ and lasted through
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of the island‚ there is one monument that has grabbed our attention‚ Stonehenge. This monument has served as a constant reminder to the world that there is a pre-roman Britain. But‚ because of the understudied nature of Bronze Age Britain‚ Stonehenge is possibly shrouded in more myth and lore than any other monumental structure in the world. The other monuments are awe-inspiring in the same way as Stonehenge‚ but Stonehenge is shrouded in mystery. And that is the magic of the monument. It could
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Stonehenge is one of the most mysterious places in the world. Many people are uncertain on what Stonehenge even is. Some think it’s a worshiping area and others think it is a means to predict an eclipse. From a normal perspective‚ Stonehenge looks like a cluster of rocks‚ but there is more meaning to this mysterious landmark than it seems. Stonehenge is believed to be built by an ancient people. An old group of people called the Druids claim to have built Stonehenge but this is untrue due to the
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Could you imagine a place where no one knows anything about? That is exactly what Stonehenge is. In the text "Stonehenge‚" Majorie Frank described it as a mystery‚because scientists can’t figure out how it got there‚who did it‚and why it’s there. One thing that leaves scientists wondering about Stonehenge is they can’t figure out how it got there. They think that the people who transported the stones perhaps had to drag the stones over land. Another theory is ancient glaciers deposited the massive
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There are many theories on how the Stonehenge monument was created. Folklore depicts a story of wizardry‚ following the Arthurian legend. The old story states that the massive stones were magically transported from Ireland to England‚ where giants worked to assemble them. Regardless of the theory‚ Stonehenge is a Neolithic structure that stands in England to this day. It is estimated that it was 1500 years in the making. However‚ the questions remains how a civilization without modern technology
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How effectively have English Heritage addressed all of the community issues that surround Stonehenge? English Heritage have recognized all the aesthetic and environmental issues that surround Stonehenge. Their website states that their current planning “fulfils a long standing ambition to improve the facilities on offer”. For example‚ they are building a new “environmentally sensitive visitor centre” 1.5 miles away. This will address the issue of poor facilities and also increase viewing pleasure
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Neothlithic era‚ many different cultures were beginning to create different yet similar structures for their cities. In England‚ humans built Stonehenge‚ in Egypt‚ humans began to build pyramids‚ and in Mesopotamia‚ Sumerians built ziggurats. All of these structures were used to either worship gods‚ or had some sort of religious belief behind them. In England‚ Stonehenge‚ the most famous megalithic structure‚ was built. It consisted of several large stones‚ the largest weighing up to 50 tons. The circular
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