
Stonehenge Complete
Christopher Chippindale(Author)
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
4th Edition
Will be published approx. on 6. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-500-28966-2 (ISBN)
Description
This newly revised and enlarged fourth edition of Christopher Chippindale's prize-winning classic account brings the story of Stonehenge right up to date. It describes in two new chapters the startling ideas and insights of the latest field research. In a radical reinterpretation, Stonehenge with its cold rocks is seen as the place of the dead, and another site - over the horizon - as the place of the living, built in wood, and complete with houses and paved ways. In another theory, Stonehenge is a place of healing. Alongside the quest to understand Stonehenge are the taxing practicalities of caring for a 4,000 years old site that was never designed to cope with a million visitors a year, and how to preserve the monument for millennia to come. 'It would not be easy to name a better guide' - The Guardian 'Splendidly illustrated ... Will for years to come be a standard reference work' - The Times Literary Supplement 'All you ever wanted to know about Stonehenge...is catalogued in this humorously written, beautifully illustrated book' - The Economist
Reviews / Votes
'All you ever wanted to know about Stonehenge ... is catalogued in this humorously written, beautifully illustrated book' - The Economist 'Splendidly illustrated ... Will for years to come be a standard reference work' - Aubrey Burl, Times Literary Supplement 'It would not be easy to name a better guide ... than Mr Chippindale's very welcome study of Stonehenge through the ages' - GuardianMore details
Edition
Fourth edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
273 Illustrations, black and white; 13 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
1030 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-28966-2 (9780500289662)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition

Christopher Chippindale
Stonehenge Complete
Book
04/2004
Thames & Hudson Ltd
€36.06
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Person
Christopher Chippindale is Reader in Archaeology and curator for British collections at the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Content
1. To the Medieval Eye * 2. In the age of Queen Elizabeth * 3. During the English Renaissance * 4. Dr Aubrey and Dr Stukeley * 5. A Delusion of Druids * 6. The Sublime and the Romantic * 7. The Making of Ancient Wiltshire * 8. Of Age, Evolution and Astronomy * 9. Victorian Visitors * 10. The Proprietor and His Public * 11. 1900 and After * 12. The Destruction of Half Stonehenge * 13. Wessex to Mycenae, and Back * 14. The Moon Behind the Megaliths * 15. Alternative Visions * 16. A Future for Stonehenge * 17. Stonehenge: A Basis of Knowledge * Visiting Stonehenge