Do you feel like schlepping 4- to 25-ton stones across open country and stickin’ ’em in the ground is a good way to spend your time? If so, get ready to find kindred spirits! Travel back with us to Neolithic Britain, where we explore the time and culture of the builders of Stonehenge.

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co-host   Andre Sólo

time / place   Neolithic Britain, 3100 BCE

dead idea   building big-ass stone circles like Stonehenge

Youtube video: Wally Wallington moves Stonehenge-sized blocks using only Stone Age equipment:

Main Sources

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Burl, A. (1979). Prehistoric Avebury. London: Yale University Press.

Burl, A. (1987). The Stonehenge People. London: J. M. Dent.

Castledon, R. (1987). The Stonehenge People: An Exploration of Life in Neolithic Britain, 4700-2000 BC. New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Ltd.

Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca Historica. Book II: 47:1-4

Geoffrey of Monmouth. Historia Regia Britannia. Book VIII: Ch. IX-XIII.

Stukeley, W. (1740). Stonehenge: A Temple Restor’d to the British Druids.

Wace, R. Roman de Brut.

Waller, S. J. (2011). “Stonehenge-like Auditory Illusion Evoked by Interference Pattern.” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 130:2352.

Watkins, A. (1922). Early British Trackways: Moats, Mounds, Camps, and Sites. New York: Cosimo Books.

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