Solving Stonehenge : The New Key to an Ancient Enigma

Johnson, Anthony

Thames & Hudson（2008/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780500051559
• DDC分類 942.31

Full Description

Using his own long experience as a professional archaeological surveyor and after five years' patient computer-reanalysis of the earthwork and stone circle, Anthony Johnson reveals in this brilliantly argued detective story how he solved the key mystery of Stonehenge. Locked within the symmetry of the stones are precise formulae which determine their numbers, spacing and relationships. As a result of this revelation, the whole rationale behind Stonehenge and other major prehistoric sites can be reassessed.

Contents

IntroductionOpportunity 2. Changing Interpretations of Stonehenge: Myth, Legend and the Early Antiquarians 3. Fieldwork, Excavation and Speculation 4. The Archaeology of the Early Monument 5. The Archaeology of the Stone Monument 6. Astronomy or Architecture? 7. The Prehistoric Surveyors 8. The Geometry of the Early Monument 9. The Geometry and Construction of the Sarsen Circle and Horseshoe