Stonehenge and neighbouring monuments

by Richard C. Atkinson

"The landscape for a few miles around Stonehenge contains more prehistoric remains than any other area of the same size in Britain. This guide describes and illustrates the principal monuments and explains their significance...."

Genres: History, Travel, Nonfiction, Archaeology, Reference, Art, British Literature

40 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

Richard Chatham Atkinso is an American professor of psychology and cognitive science and an academic administrator. He is president emeritus of the University of California system, former chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, and former director of the National Science Foundation. His is married to fellow psychologist Rita L. Atkinson.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautflly set-out visitors' guide to what may well be the world's oldest extant human structure.

[RJP · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was for so long the definitive book on Stonehenge and it moulded the thinking of many for years to come. However, with modern day findings, particularly with regard to the possibility that the bluestones of Stonehenge were transported towards present day Wiltshire by the ice-sheet of the ice-age, one must read this book in the light of knowing that the author's knowledge was confined to the limited research that had been carried out at that time. As time passes it appears that the theory of the bluestones being transported by man for the whole journey becomes increasingly less likely.

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vintage interesting guide to Stonehenge and Avebury and nearby monuments, clear and well-written with great photos and fascinating illustrations.

[Kitap · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent souvenir of Stonehenge with good photos (better than any I took, for sure), clear illustrations, and fascinating historical and archaeological information. Covers other nearby sites on the Salisbury Plain.