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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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SUMMARY:New discoveries at Stonehenge
DESCRIPTION:New discoveries at Stonehenge\nProf. Michael Parker Pearson\n\n
 Since 2003 there has been a new period of excavation and research on Stone
 henge. With two excavations inside Stonehenge and many more around it, arc
 haeologists now have a new chronology for this famous monument as well as 
 the prehistoric monuments with which it is associated.\n\nWhile theories o
 f its use as an astronomical observatory were proposed in the late 20th ce
 ntury, current approaches re-interpret Stonehenge’s astronomical alignme
 nts as calendrical indicators for the timing of social gatherings, in whic
 h Stonehenge was part of a larger complex of monuments in wood and stone, 
 centered on a short stretch of the River Avon. Many of these other monumen
 ts were also designed to mark astronomical events but these have received 
 less attention than their more famous stone counterpart. \n\nIn 2009 the S
 tonehenge Riverside Project, which has been conducting most of the new res
 earch, discovered a new stone circle, named as Blue stonehenge, next to th
 e River Avon at the end of Stonehenge’s avenue.\n
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