Secrets of Stonehenge Film

what are the two types of stones used to make stonehenge?

bluestones, sarsons

when was the first stage of stonehenge built?

3000 BC

what are the 3 main stages how stonehenge was built?

circular ditch and bluestones, season circle and move bluestones, pathway and extra stones

what was also found at stonehenge that was reinterred by archaeologists in 1935?

burials: cremated remains

what are findings front the cremated remains?

at least 50 individuals, burial at stonehenge was reserved for a select group of adult males, possibly political stature.

• male-based aristocratic society

what seasons does the archaeology at stonehenge indicate when feasting occurred?

sunrise on the summer solstice, sunset on winter solstice

what is the theory as to why stonehenge was built where is is today?

• natural ridges in the earth that perfectly line up with the solstices, stonehenge was placed perfectly at the end

what happens when metals such as copper and gold are adopted into england?

focus on personal wealth, people are buried in their own plots with their own riches. stonehenge becomes forgotten because of a new way of living with metals instead of stone takes place.