Megalith quarries for Stonehenge's bluestones

被引：22

作者：

Pearson, Mike Parker ^{[1
]}

Pollard, Josh ^{[2
]}

Richards, Colin ^{[3
]}

Welham, Kate ^{[4
]}

Casswell, Chris ^{[5
]}

French, Charles ^{[6
]}

Schlee, Duncan ^{[7
]}

Shaw, Dave ^{[8
]}

Simmons, Ellen ^{[9
]}

Stanford, Adam ^{[10
]}

Bevins, Richard ^{[11
]}

Ixer, Rob ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UCL, Inst Archaeol, 31-34 Gordon Sq, London WC1H 0PY, England

[2] Univ Southampton, Dept Archaeol, Ave Campus, Southampton SO17 1BF, Hants, England

[3] Univ Highlands & Isl, Archaeol Inst, East Rd, Kirkwall KW15 1LX, Orkney, Scotland

[4] Bournemouth Univ, Dept Archaeol Anthropol & Forens Sci, Talbot Campus, Bournemouth BH12 5BB, Dorset, England

[5] DigVentures Ltd, 20 Jerusalem Passage, London EC1V 4JP, England

[6] Univ Cambridge, Dept Archaeol, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, England

[7] Pantycelyn, Llangadog SA19 9SP, Carmarthenshire, Wales

[8] Allen Archaeol Ltd, Hillcroft Business Pk,Whisby Rd, Lincoln LN6 3QL, England

[9] Univ Sheffield, Dept Archaeol, 10-16 Regent St, Sheffield S1 3NJ, S Yorkshire, England

[10] Aerial Cam Ltd, Vineyard House,Upper Hook Rd, Upton Upon Severn WR8 0SA, Worcs, England

[11] Natl Museum Wales, Cathays Pk, Cardiff CF10 3NP, S Glam, Wales

来源：

ANTIQUITY | 2019年 / 93卷 / 367期

关键词：

Britain; Preseli Hills; Stonehenge; Neolithic; bluestones; dolerite; megaliths; prehistoric quarrying;

D O I：

10.15184/aqy.2018.111

中图分类号：

Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

030303 ;

摘要：

Geologists and archaeologists have long known that the bluestones of Stonehenge came from the Preseli Hills of west Wales, 230km away, but only recently have some of their exact geological sources been identified. Two of these quarries-Carn Goedog and Craig Rhos-y-felin-have now been excavated to reveal evidence of megalith quarrying around 3000 BC-the same period as the first stage of the construction of Stonehenge. The authors present evidence for the extraction of the stone pillars and consider how they were transported, including the possibility that they were erected in a temporary monument close to the quarries, before completing their journey to Stonehenge.

引用

页码：45 / 62

页数：18

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