In his article entitled “What Lies Beneath Stonehenge?,” Ed Caesar offers his readers a compact yet holistic look towards the Stonehenge, its landscape and the studies regarding the topic. He opens his wrtiting by providing the reader with backgorund about the area’s geographical and archaeological background. Further, he explains the interests about the area since the 17th century and the studies conducted afterwards in a chronological fashion. However, his main focus is on the recent studies in the area, especially the “Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project” which is co-directed by Vince Gaffney and aimed to change the way that the Stonehenge and it’s relations to the landscape is perceived.
According to Caesar, the studies on Stonehenge has depended heavily on answering an extremely difficult but …show more content…
The team’s 4 years of survey has been very fruitful and uncovered 15 possible Neolithic monuments, gaps in the ditch that might have been used as channels to guide people through the cursus, and a very large pit in the eastern end of the ditch which is likely to have a ritual meaning rather than any practical use. However, probably the most interesting aspect of this study is that all the data was collected by surface survey, without the destruction of the feautres that are under the ground. In short, as Gaffney explains to Caesar, the study has revealed lots of fascinating data and possible answers to questions about Stonehenge by transforming our imagination of the monuments as impressive blocks of bluestones standing solitary in the endless, open landscape of Salisbury Plain to be an active part of a much more complex system on a landscape that shows suprising differences in every
According to Caesar, the studies on Stonehenge has depended heavily on answering an extremely difficult but …show more content…
The team’s 4 years of survey has been very fruitful and uncovered 15 possible Neolithic monuments, gaps in the ditch that might have been used as channels to guide people through the cursus, and a very large pit in the eastern end of the ditch which is likely to have a ritual meaning rather than any practical use. However, probably the most interesting aspect of this study is that all the data was collected by surface survey, without the destruction of the feautres that are under the ground. In short, as Gaffney explains to Caesar, the study has revealed lots of fascinating data and possible answers to questions about Stonehenge by transforming our imagination of the monuments as impressive blocks of bluestones standing solitary in the endless, open landscape of Salisbury Plain to be an active part of a much more complex system on a landscape that shows suprising differences in every