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Stonehenge: The Little ‘Big Other’ by Mike Parker-Pearson by Andy B on Friday, 07 April 2023

A detailed new paper by Mike P-P in the Journal of Urban Archaeology and pleasantly Open Access: Whilst Stonehenge cannot be considered urban, this famous stone circle was part of a much larger complex which included not only other monuments and significant topographic features but also extensive areas of late Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement during 2500-2200 bc.

The unusually large settlement at Durrington Walls, less than 3 km to the east of Stonehenge, appears to have been occupied primarily seasonally and by people who brought their livestock from many different parts of Britain. With the arrival of Beaker-users, the settlement focus shifted to the west of Stonehenge. There is growing evidence that the Stonehenge complex was not a central place but a ‘peripheral place’, located on what may have been a long-term cultural boundary within southern Britain.

https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/10.1484/J.JUA.5.133454 or http://doi.org/10.1484/J.JUA.5.133454

With thanks to Tim Daw for the link.

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