STONHENGE

SAMANTHA SALAZAR

WHERE IS IT
LOCATED?
Wiltshire England,
Stonehenge is 86.1 miles
away from London,

The population in Wiltshire

is 684,000 people.

Wiltshires region is
southwest region, which
is one of the nine
regions of England and
known for its pre-roman
archaeology.

Most impressive prehistoric

megalithic monuments in
the world

Unique in its design,

engineering, the use of huge
horizontal stone lintels
surrounding the outer circle
and the trilithons

Bluestones and Sarsens

Astronomical observation
and ritual function

What is it known
for?

What is its history ?

Constructed around 3500 years ago
The first Stonehenge was a large earthwork that
consisted of a ditch, bank and the Aubrey holes
which was built around 3100 BC.

The second stage arrival of the Sarsen stones

that were brought from

of Stonehenge
Marlborough Downs about
began around
25 miles away from
2150 BC with 82
Stonehenge
bluestones that
The final stage was after
were transported
1500 BC when the
from the Preseli Bluestones were rearranged
Mountains.
in the horseshoe.

What culture is associated

with it?
Beaker culture is
described by the
common use of a
pottery. The
pottery is well
made, usually red
or red-brown in
color, and
decorated with
horizontal bands
of incised, excised
or impressed
patterns.

Wessex people
culture is
related to the
Hilversum
culture of the
southern
Netherlands

The Druids culture

describes themselves
as healers, teachers,
and rulers.

What group is associated

with it?
Windmill Hill people
Windmill Hill people are
known for their large circular
lines and mounds.

named after one of their

earthworks on Windmill Hill

one of the first seminomadic

hunting and gathering
groups that admire circles
and symmetry.

What are the practices/traditions

of the group associated with them?

Beaker people

Their name comes from how they buried

beakers and pottery drinking cups with
their death.

They buried their people by putting them

in small round graves marked by mounds

Wessex
responsible for the
bronze dagger craving on
one of the large Sarsen
stones.

They are the most

advanced cultures
outside the
Mediterranean during the
Bronze Age as well as
well-organized traders

Beaker
Buried their dead with
beaker and decorated
earthenware jars and it
meant for the journey to the
other world

People had structured tombs

and they filled their graves
with goods such as pottery,
golden buckles, bronze
daggers.

They would bury their people

laying their heads to the
south and the men looked
east and women west.

The druids priest

practiced human
sacrifice and
believed it to be
cruel

The Wessex people buried their

dead under barrows using
inhumation at first but later using
cremation and often with rich
grave goods
grave goods are a type of votive
deposit.
Most grave goods recovered by
archaeologists consist of
inorganic objects such as pottery
and stone and metal tools but
there is evidence that organic
objects that have since decayed
were also placed in ancient
tombs (Grave Goods par 1).

Does their practice qualify as a

religion, philosophy, belief system or
other devotion?
festivals on the solstices
and equinoxes most
common was renewal

a burial ground The

people that were
associated with
Stonehenge used it as a
temple of the moon, sun
and a place of human
sacrifice

Worship

What impact has it had on

the world?
It attracts antiquarians
and archaeologists
ranked 75 in the tourist
destinations.

Many students visit as an

educational fieldtrip
about 40,000 per year