The origins of Stonehenge
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English - February 17, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes - 14.4 MBSociety & Culture Arts history politics philosophy economics history of art psychology sociology law humanities social sciences Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Where did Stonehenge come from? In this talk Mike Parker Pearson investigates the origins of Stonehenge, its stones and their transportation as well as speculating on the motives behind the creation of this unique prehistoric monument.
Read more about Stonehenge's origins by him on the Academy's blog and in a new article in the Antiquity journal.
Speaker: Professor Mike Parker Pearson FBA, Professor of British Later Prehistory, University College London
Transcript: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/podcasts/10-minute-talks-origins-stonehenge/