Building Phases
Around 3000 BCE, the first stage of Stonehenge was created as a circular ditch with banks and a ring of wooden posts.
Earthwork Enclosure phase (or the earliest phase of Stonehenge)?
This technological advancement has enabled archeologists to detect subsurface features while not disturbing the land.
Ground-Penetrating Radar
This type of transportation method demonstrates moving stones on a wooden conveyor belt of logs?
Rolling
The smaller inner stones of Stonehenge, known as bluestones, are believed to have been transported from the Preseli Hills in what country?
Wales
How do we know what made Stonehenge so important to its creators?
The relation between Stonehenge and features to cosmic activity
In Stonehenge’s second phase, dating to around 2500 BCE, builders erected these smaller, blue-gray stones, which were transported from Wales.
The bluestones
Analysis of these samples from sediment near Stonehenge suggests that the land was once used for crops and livestock
Pollen
This type of transport over water may have been used along rivers or coastlines to transport the bluestones?
rafts and boats
This began acquiring the land around the land around the monument that once used to be a military training ground.
The National Trust
What evidence do we have to support the idea that Stonehenge was a temple?
Numerous burials in the vicinity.
Around 2500–2400 BCE, huge upright sarsen stones and horizontal lintels were arranged in this iconic formation.
Sarsen Stone Circle with trilithons
The development of this kind of study has provided crucial dating methods that help illuminate the timeline of Stonehenge’s construction.
Dendrochronology
These animals have been predicted to have helped pull the stones to Stonehenge?
cattle
The alignment of the stones with the summer and winter solstices gave rise to this explanation.
The astronomical observatory hypothesis?
What site near Stonehenge presents evidence of feasts?
Durrington Walls
Later additions included the Avenue, which aligns with this astronomical event, suggesting a ceremonial purpose.
Summer solstice sunrise (and/or winter solstice sunset)
This kind of testing on Eco facts in the vicinity of Stonehenge has given great insight on the people that lived near the site
Genetic Testing
This method of transport would have required significant manpower to force the stones over rough terrain.
Sledges and levers
More than 4,000 years ago, it was discovered that the British Isles were facing a period of substantial population replacement. Now, researchers suggest that the stone circle at Stonehenge may have been designed to be used as a…?
Place of Unity theory
How do the bluestones contribute to theories about the use of Stonehenge?
The bluestones were believed to have healing properties
By the final construction phases, around 2200–1600 BCE, builders rearranged stones and created smaller features such as these, marking burials and ritual use.
Aubrey holes, cremation burials, and stone rearrangements
These archeological studies, which were conducted on the remnants of human activity at Stonehenge, suggest that the first sarsen stones were erected in around 2500 BC
Radiocarbon Dating
This hypothesis suggests that lipids (fats) from animals such as pigs could have been used to grease sledges to help transport bluestones to Stonehenge.
the greased sledge theory
Throughout the 20th century, Stonehenge has become what?
Major international tourist attraction
What artifacts found at Stonehenge provide evidence of social gatherings?
Animal bones, Food remains, and pottery.