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Solving Stonehenge: The Key to an Ancient Enigma |
Author: Anthony Johnson
Published: 2008-06-15 |
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 The best book on Stonehenge
The only book I've ever read that really tells you something concrete about Stonehenge and the Stonehengers. A must.
Compelling, innovative and satisfying
Tony Johnson's book is a compelling read, not only for the millions of people who are intrigued with the enigma that is Stonehenge, but also for those who like a police procedural which pulls one into the author's thoughts and raises and answers questions as you go. Mr. Johnson starts and ends with the stones. He carefully reviews the historical literature about the site and then constructs his own computer generated plans from which he manages to explain how such a complex structure was made using only a peg and piece of rope. In so doing he removes the need to postulate some Neolithic measuring unit, and aside from the axis being aligned with the winter solstice, he does not need to invoke any complex and contrived astronomical patterns to explain the stones' positions. He places the monument in the context of the Neolithic Wiltshire landscape and makes a major and innovative breakthrough in explaining how Stonehenge was constructed by studying gold jewelry found in a nearby grave. The writing is clear, balanced and self analytical. At no time dose one feel he has an axe to grind - he simply looks at where the stones are or were and with Holmesian logic deduces how they were positioned. In the final chapter he does allow himself some speculation as to the possible purpose of the monument and I found it very satisfying - as I am sure you will when you read it.
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