Stonehenge Flashcards
1
Q
Who built Stonehenge?
A
No one knows
2
Q
Who worshipped Stonehenge as a sacred place?
A
The Druid
3
Q
What are the two types of stones found at Stonehenge?
A
Sarsen stones (local to area) Bluestones (from Wales, 250km away)
4
Q
What is special about the Bluestones?
A
- They supposedly had healing powers
- They were quarried and brought from a long distance
5
Q
Amesbury Archer
A
- Discovered 3 miles from Stonehenge
- 2300 BC
- Massive trauma to knee and nasty (fatal?) tooth infection
- Was not British, likely German/Austrian/Swedish
- Grave goods found were richest in all of Northwestern Europe around that time
6
Q
Sarsen
A
- Large stones at Stonehenge
- Local to the area
7
Q
Bluestone
A
- Small stones at Stonehenge
- From Wales ~250km away
- Supposedly had healing power
- People chipped away at the stones and took them
8
Q
Soil composition at Stonehenge
A
3x as many Bluestone as Sarsen, which is very odd given that Sarsen is local
9
Q
Beaker Pottery
A
- Special type of pottery found in Alpine Mountains region of Europe
- Piece of beaker found at Stonehenge
- Implies people came from afar to Stonehenge
10
Q
The Archers Companion
A
- Skeleton found adjacent to Amesbury Archer
- Shares an odd genetic trait found in the foot, occurs in 2% of population
- Implies they were related to Amesbury Archer
11
Q
Date of Stonehenge
A
- Dated from carbonized grain found, implies post-agrarian society
- Other matter dated to 2300 BC
- Same exact period as Amesbury Archer
- More material found 7000 BC (implies Stonehenge was a site before stones erected)
12
Q
Construction and Renovation of Stonehenge
A
- 2300 BC: Bluestone erected
- 2100 BC: Bluestone removed, inner Sarsen erected, Bluestone circles placed inside and outside Sarsen
- 1900 BC: outside circle of Sarsen erected
