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Ancient standing stones

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type:
           standing stones
           temple
           observatory
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Classification Terms:
           architecture
           ancient European art
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Titles or Names Text: Stonehenge
    Preference: preferred
Text: Stone Henge
    Preference: alternate
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Creation Creator Description: unknown prehistoric British Free text
  Identity: unknown prehistoric British
Role: architects
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  Creation Date: first phase: early 4th millennium BCE; second phase: early 3rd millennium BCE; third phase: mid-2nd millennium BCE
Date Qualifier: first phase
Earliest:
-3999 Latest: -3700
Date Qualifier: second phase
Earliest: -2999 Latest: -2700
Date Qualifier: third phase
Earliest:
-1700 Latest: -1300
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Styles/Periods/ Groups/Movements Indexing Terms:
         Neolithic
         Bronze Age
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Measurements Dimensions Description: 6.7 m high (22 feet), weighing up to 41 metric tons each (45.2 tons) Free text
  Dimensions Qualifier: tallest
Value: 6.7 Unit: m Type: height
Dimensions Qualifier: heaviest
Value: 41 Unit: metric tons Type: weight
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Materials and Techniques Description: sarsen stone and bluestone, post-and-lintel construction, with an earthwork Free text
  Material Names:  
         sarsen 
         bluestone  
         earthwork
Technique Name:  
         post-and-beam
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Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
         architecture
         religion/mythology
         astronomy
         observation
         burial
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Descriptive Note Text: Neolithic through Late Bronze Age. Large standing stones surrounded by an earthwork, dating from Neolithic Period to the Early Bronze Age; studies suggest three building periods; religious purposes are undetermined, but axial alignments to the sun and moon exist. Comprises a series of concentric rings of standing stones around an altar stone at the center. The first ring has a horseshoe plan of originally five trilithons, each of two upright stones supporting a single colossal lintel. The current site is considerably ruined, the stones greatly weathered and many of the stones having been pilfered by medieval and early modern builders. Free text
  Citation: Encyclopedia Britannica online
Page: accessed 24 February 2006
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: Salisbury Plain (England) Authority
Revised 28 August 2006