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4,200-3,600 BC A Clearing in the Woods
People working to extend a clearing in the woods, during the Neolithic
3,600-3,300 BC Dividing the Landscape: the Stanwell Cursus
Download an animation showing how the cursus might have been built in sections (requires QuickTime).
3,600-3,300 BC Cursus Landscape animation
Download an animation showing the cursus (requires QuickTime).
3,300-2,600 BC From Linear to Circular: Changing the Use of Space
Download an animation that shows people observing the winter solstice sunrise from the horseshoe enclosure, and the bank of the cursus (1.4MB, requires QuickTime).
Posted in The Monumental Landscape
Tagged animation, cursus, monuments, neolithic, solstice
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3,000-1,700 BC Developing Ways to Share the Landscape
A family buries a Grooved Ware pot during a ceremony in a woodland clearing, perhaps as an offering to the gods.
Posted in The Monumental Landscape
Tagged bronze-age, ceremony, deposition, grooved-ware, monuments, neolithic, pits, pottery, ritual
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2,500BC Henge Animation
Download an animation showing the henge (requires QuickTime).