Vocabulary
In regard to the rock formations that make up Stonehenge, this is the name for the HORIZONTAL rock that is held up by two larger vertical rocks.
a lintel
Archaeologists have had to create theories about why Stonehenge was built because of a specific reason. What is that reason?
The people who built Stonehenge did not leave written records.
Mike Parker traveled to another country (Madagascar) to find this man.
Ramilisonina
What is Mike's Stonehenge theory?
If there is a place where people honored the dead (Stonehenge), there must be a place where they honored the living, and that place is Woodhenge.
What is the name of the process that the archaeologist used to figure out the dates of the antler picks?
Carbon-14 Dating
This is the name for the two VERTICAL rocks that hold up the top Stonehenge rock.
These TWO people believed that Stonehenge was built as a Druid temple for worshiping gods.
William Stukeley and John Aubrey
True or False: Ramilisonina visited England by himself years before his trip to Stonehenge with Mike and the Riverside team?
True
Because of its proximity to Stonehenge, Woodhenge is also known by this name.
The Southern Circle
This adjective means "unproven or having very little evidence to support."
speculative
William Stuckely's theory was proven wrong when it was discovered that Stonehenge was built _______ [BEFORE or AFTER] the Druids were alive.
2,000 years BEFORE
People in Madagascar use stones to honor the dead, and Ramilisonina uses this knowledge to create his theory about Stonehenge.
What is the major problem that Mike ran into when he began to think that Stonehenge was connected to Woodhenge?
Data from the two sets of antler picks prove that Stonehenge and Woodhenge might have been built at two different times.
Fill in the blank: The crossing stones are held in place by a ________ and a ________.
mortise and tenon
This person believed that the bluestones of Stonehenge have healing properties.
Timothy Darvill
What is Ramilisonina's observation about Stonehenge?
It is a place to honor and celebrate those who have passed away.
This man studied Stonehenge in the 1970s and was the one who found the antler picks that present-day archaeologists used as evidence to contradict Mike's theory.
Richard Atkinson