{"product_id":"riddles-in-stone-richard-hayman-9781852855666","title":"Riddles in Stone: Myths, Archaeology and the Ancient Britons","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho built Avebury and Stonehenge? Why and when were more than 600 stone circles, and thousands of barrows and cairns, erected in prehistoric Britain? What were they used for and what do they tell us about the beliefs and culture of their builders? \u003ci\u003eRiddles in Stone\u003c\/i\u003e is a history of the extraordinary variety of answers that have been given to these questions, by amateurs and professionals, archaeologists and astronomers, mystics and systems theorists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile modern excavation and radiocarbon dating has undoubtedly advanced our knowledge of the sequence and date of the monuments, their purpose and meaning is still hotly debated. Indeed no previous century has changed its mind so often as the twentieth - or provided such a welter of differing opinions. Each theory has as much to say about its own time as it has about prehistory. The stones have been used to enhance the authority of the Bible, to endorse the civilizing mission of the British Empire - and to argue that the Ancient Britons could work a computer. In a reaction to modern industrial society, they have been credited with spiritual powers and natural energies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEven the views of modern archaeologists often seem to reflect the latest academic fad, rather than a lasting solution. \u003ci\u003eRiddles in Stone\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining and instructive account of a debate on a subject of endless fascination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Hayman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1852855665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781852855666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.68w x 0.71d","brand":"Richard Hayman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48088915345663,"sku":"9781852855666","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68be4fc4-f1c2-414c-92e8-1e169e110c53.jpg?v=1769107255","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/riddles-in-stone-richard-hayman-9781852855666","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}