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Beaker pottery from,
117

beginnings of, calculated,
110

Britain’s largest excavation at,
53

chalk lost from,
72

construction of ditch and bank at,
4

ditch at,
112
,
113
,
116
,
125
,
126

ditch at, dug in segments,
113

ditched enclosures at,
100

earthworks at, limited visibility of,
3

faunal remains from,
102
,
103
,
118
,
119
,
126
,
197
,
342

first mapping of,
2

flint saws absent from,
159

habitation of, calculated,
110

houses at,
3
,
72
,
73
,
75
,
76
,
78
,
79
,
92
,
96
,
98
,
104
,
109
,
286
,
335
,
336
,
340
,
342
,
343
;
see also
Durrington Walls: as settlement

houses at, lack of evidence for, pre-Riverside Project,
6

as hub of elaborate social network,
121

human remains from,
63
,
65
,
93
,
118
,
196
,
197
,
200
,
242

impressive size of,
4

Iron Age reuse of,
353

mechanical diggers used at,
86
,
113

Millmead and Woodlands finds compared with,
159

and Neolithic labor organization,
115

Neolithic pits unearthed at,
62
,
63

Northern and Southern Circles at,
see
Northern Circle; Southern Circle

oblique arrowheads from,
66

plans of,
57
,
78

plant remains from,
122
,
126

pottery from,
53
,
54

questions over tools used at,
123

radiocarbon dating of,
5
,
110
,
117

reuse of natural feature at,
246

as settlement of Stonehenge builders,
3
,
109

and solstices, alignment on,
246

and Stonehenge, Avon provides link between,
7
,
10
,
14
,
50
,
55

Stonehenge contrasted with, in terms of burials,
197

Stonehenge not separate from,
3

three centuries’ use of,
117

Western Enclosures at,
57
,
94
,
100
,
104
,
105

see also
Stonehenge; Woodhenge

E

earth’s axis, tilt in,
48n

earthworms,
77
,
218

Darwin’s work concerning,
34
,
305

ability of, to move objects,
35
,
305

Edward I of England,
273

Egypt, ancient,
12
,
323

English Heritage,
42
,
45
,
52
,
62
,
103
,
172
,
176
,
300
,
310

Advisory Committee (EHAC),
166

Environment Agency,
61
,
162

Evans, Arthur,
13

Evans, Jane,
120

Evans, John,
39
,
220
,
239
,
242
,
294
,
304

F

Fargo Plantation,
94
,
198
,
229
,
261
,
264
,
350

farmers, prehistoric,
16
,
76
,
164
,
236
,
289
,
341

and arrowheads,
66

and Bronze Age increase in intensity of farming,
163

earliest evidence of, in Britain,
23

erection of monuments associated with,
135

genetic diversity among,
328

immigrant,
23
,
326

in Iron Age, visible evidence of,
72

sedentary, Middle Bronze Age,
237

territory claimed by,
137

woodland clearance by,
164
,
290

Farrer, Percy,
104
,
140
,
196

faunal remains,
63
,
93
,
118
,
119
,
126

bear,
158

beaver,
25

cattle,
23
,
119
,
120
,
157
,
327

deer,
24
,
25
,
197

dog,
66
,
150
,
159
,
161
,
197
,
226

fish,
159

fox,
159
,
197

horse,
345

ox,
145

pig,
25
,
102
,
103
,
108
,
119
,
126
,
158
,
161
,
197
,
230
,
305

sheep,
159

wild cat,
197

wolf,
161
,
197

see also
Durrington Walls: faunal remains from

Field, Dave,
301

Fitzpatrick, Andrew
209

Flagstones,
315
,
317
,
321

Flinders Petrie, Sir William,
13
,
23n
,
33
,
36
,
38
,
217
,
254
,
260

flint

arrowheads made of,
15
,
20
,
64
,
64
,
65
,
67
,
76
,
77
,
115
,
119
,
134
,
153
,
158
,
159
,
187
,
195
,
206
,
209
,
220
,
223
,
227
,
233
,
236
,
276

changes in technology concerning,
134

phallus made of,
66
,
68
,
68

flint tools,
4
,
15
,
58
,
62
,
63
,
134
,
233
,
246

Foel Trigarn,
276

foot, long,
257
,
260
,
338

foot, Roman,
254
,
260

foot, short,
257
,
259
,
260
,
338

Formation of Vegetable Mould
. . . (Darwin),
35

Foster, Norman,
314

France,
19

French, Charly,
77
,
111
,
156
,
164
,
242
,
244

G

Gaffney, Chris,
234

Gaffney, Vince,
234

Gale, John,
348

Garn Turne,
331

Garwood, Paul,
235
,
237

Gate Ditch,
238

Gehry, Frank,
316

Geoffrey of Monmouth,
278
,
280
,
312

geophysical surveys,
7
,
51
,
52
,
58
,
80
,
89
,
105
,
113
,
218
,
224
,
236
,
242
,
246
,
262
,
277
,
286
,
288
,
299

anomaly uncovered by,
70

at Durrington Walls,
100
,
103
,
105
,
113

and English Heritage,
56

magnetometer,
56
,
62
,
101
,
114
,
217
,
232
,
234
,
242
,
261
,
262

radar,
89
,
217
,
246
,
261

Gherkin,
314

“ghost-catchers,”
103
n

Giant’s Ring/Dance,
279

Gibson, Alex,
321
,
327
,
335

Gildas,
312

Giza pyramids,
333

glacial erratics,
269
,
274

see also
bluestones: glacial transportation of, speculation on

Glastonbury,
270
,
274

Göbekli Tepe,
137

“god-dolly,”
21
,
68

Gors Fawr,
277

Gowland, William,
35
,
36
,
38
,
130
,
188
,
250

GPS,
58
,
234

Graig Lwyd,
159
,
271

grave goods,
206

with Amesbury Archer,
209
,
210

Beaker period,
124
,
195
,
206
,
209
,
210
,
304

Bronze Age,
149

from Bulford,
152

from Bush Barrow,
204
,
349
,
351

from Duggleby Howe,
195

from Llandegai,
316

Neolithic,
194
,
201

with Stonehenge Archer,
195
,
304

with Stonehenge cremations,
204
,
205

from Upton Lovell,
154

great trilithon (Stones 55, 56, and 156),
31
,
35
,
48
,
128
,
131
,
188
,
255
,
292
,
331
,
335
,
336
,
345

pit dug into side of,
310

Green, Christopher,
269

Green, Martin,
145
,
319
,
320

Grooved Ware,
54
,
55
,
77
,
105
,
115
,
117
,
158
,
227
,
318
,
330

and bear bones,
158

grooved cordons applied to,
159

Scottish origin of,
99
,
330

spiral patterns in,
115

Group VIII rhyolite source,
289

GT Frontline,
246

Guggenheim Museum,
316

H

Hambledon Hill,
139
,
328

hammerstones,
35
,
187
,
243
,
250
,
278
,
293

Harding, Phil,
112
,
124

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