Books by Mike Parker Pearson
“The project is so influential, and there’s a lot in there that tells you about how we understand Stonehenge in its local landscape, and the other monuments and settlements around. Even over ten years on, some of that material isn’t yet fully published in an academic monograph, so we’re still relying on what Mike wrote in that book somewhat. It’s a really important book for understanding the archaeology and the surrounding landscape.” Read more...
Susan Greaney, Historian
Interviews where books by Mike Parker Pearson were recommended
The best books on Stonehenge, recommended by Susan Greaney
Stonehenge does not stand alone: it is surrounded by earlier monuments, it was built alongside a settlement and other sites, and it presides over graves and shrines from people who lived centuries and even millennia later. In modern history, it has inspired a Druidry movement, hosted a military airbase, drawn festival crowds and seen police brutality. Susan Greaney pulls out five books that tell the many stories of Stonehenge, the astonishing monument that continues to surprise us with each new excavation.
