Stonehenge: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
General descriptions of the site and the history of its excavation include R.J.C. Atkinson, Stonehenge (1956, reissued 1990); Christopher Chippindale, Stonehenge Complete, 3rd ed. (2004); and Andrew J. Lawson, Chalkand: An Archaeology of Stonehenge and Its Region (2007). Rosamund M.J. Cleal, K.E. Walker, and R. Montague, Stonehenge in Its Landscape: Twentieth-Century Excavation (1995), focuses on the significance of excavations in the first half of the 20th century. Mike Pitts, Hengeworld, rev. ed. (2001), is an overview of Stonehenge and nearby monuments, engagingly written in a journalistic style. Works that examine the cultural significance of Stonehenge include Julian C. Richards, Stonehenge: The Story So Far (2007); Aubrey Burl, Stonehenge: A New History of the Worldβs Greatest Stone Circle (2006); Timothy Darvill, Stonehenge: The Biography of a Landscape (2006); and Mats Larsson and Mike Parker Pearson (eds.), From Stonehenge to the Baltic: Cultural Diversity in the Third Millennium BC (2007). Rosemary Hill, Stonehenge (2008), offers an account of the various interpretations of Stonehenge and their importance for the communities that accept them. Barry Cunliffe and Colin Reenforce (eds.), Science and Stonehenge (1997), is a collection of essays addressing the monument from a scientific perspective.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites. | May 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: English Heritage - Understanding Stonehenge. | Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stetson University - Neolithic Studies - Stonehenge stone circle, near Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. | Feb 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Stonehenge. | May 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smart History - Stonehenge. | Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: English Heritage - History of Stonehenge. | Nov 09, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 02, 2021 | ||
| Noted that a new visitor centre opened in 2013. | Nov 04, 2020 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 29, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Museum of Unnatural Mystery - Stonehenge: Mystery on the Salisbury Plain. | Jan 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Stonehenge: Facts and Theories About Mysterious Monument. | Jan 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Stonehenge Facts! | Jan 18, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 27, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Where is Stonehenge, who built the prehistoric monument, and how? | Dec 05, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Stonehenge, England, United Kingdom. | Dec 05, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Stonehenge. | Dec 05, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - Stonehenge is Still a Mystery. | Aug 08, 2016 | ||
| Updated to mention that in December 2015, archeologists announced that they had discovered two quarries in Wales from which the bluestones had been extracted. | Dec 08, 2015 | ||
| Replaced photographs. | Aug 25, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic.com - Stonehenge. | Jan 24, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Stonehenge. | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Stonehenge Facts. | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Sacred Destinations - Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England. | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Interesting Facts About Stonehenge. | Dec 20, 2012 | ||
| Updated to mention Pont Saeson as the precise origin of one of the stones. | Jan 09, 2012 | ||
| Added photograph. | Nov 08, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 05, 2011 | ||
| Added mention of new circles discovered at Airman's Corner and just to the northwest of Stonehenge proper. | Aug 18, 2010 | ||
| Replace inline with assembly 139059 in this WIP. | Apr 22, 2010 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Dec 08, 2009 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Dec 08, 2009 | ||
| Geologic time data updated. | Dec 08, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - History - Stonehenge, England, United Kingdom. | Apr 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Adventure - Stonehenge. | Feb 16, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 22, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Tourism Site for Salisbury, United Kingdom. | Sep 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Stonehenge. | Jul 16, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | May 08, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The UnMuseum - Stonehenge: Mystery on the Salisbury Plain. | Nov 21, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Mar 24, 1999 |