A Brief History of Stonehenge: A Complete History and Archaeology of the World's Most Enigmatic Stone Circle

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 2007. xvi, 368 pages, illustrations, maps, plans; 20 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: Prefacee: the challenge; Introduction: some questions; 1. Antiquarians ; Recovering Stonehenge; To AD 1900; 2. Excavations and repairs from Tudor times to AD 1949; 3. Tombs in an empty land, 4200-3500 BC; 4. The Cursus, racecourse or funeral path?: c.3500-3000 BC; 5. The beginnings of Stonehenge, c.3000 BC; 6. Aubrey Holes and Grooved Ware, c.2800 BC and beyond; 7. Bluestones and questions of the unlikely, c.2550 BC; 8. The Four Stations stone, symbolism, not science c. 2500 BC; 9. The Great Circle, c.2450 BC; 10. The Avenue, portals, carvings and death, c.2400 BC; 11. The Altar Stone, c.2400 BC onwards; 12. The Archer and beyond, c.2300 BC; Appendix 1. Ancient words along the Atlantic fringe; Appendix 2. Breton megalithic settings in Britain and Ireland; Appendix 3. Alien carved motifs in Britain and Ireland.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.