The date of the Greater Stonehenge Cursus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3261872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julian Thomas (0000-0002-2907-4586), Peter Marshall (0000-0001-7094-7732), Mike Parker Pearson (0000-0002-7341-121X, University of Sheffield), J Pollard (0000-0002-8429-2009, University of Bristol), Caspian Richards (0000-0002-3151-4915, University of Manchester), Colin Richards, Chris Tilley (University College London), Kate Welham (0000-0002-2057-7101, Bournemouth University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 319 |
| Pages | 40-53 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00098070 |
| OpenAlex | W2097854756 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 14 |
The Greater Cursus - 3km long and just north of Stonehenge - had been dated by a red deer antler found in its ditch in the 1940s to 2890-2460 BC. New excavations by the authors found another antler in a much tighter context, and dating a millennium earlier. It appears that the colossal cursus had already marked out the landscape before Stonehenge was erected. At that time or soon after, its lines were re-emphasised, perhaps with a row of posts in pits. So grows the subtlety of the discourse of monuments in this world heritage site
Antler · Archaeology · Biology · Context (archaeology) · Ditch · Excavation · Geography · World heritage · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Ecology · History
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| Citations per year | 0.78 |
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2021 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |