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The Development and Date of Avebury

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

M. Pitts  and
A. Whittle
M. Pitts
Affiliation:
4 Green Street, Avebury, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 1RE
A. Whittle
Affiliation:
School of History and Archaeology, University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff CF1 3XU
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Abstract

Radiocarbon dates on samples excavated earlier this century by Gray and Keiller and one more recently by Pitts, confirm that the henge at Avebury is in the same general Late Neolithic horizon as the other great Wessex enclosures of Durrington Walls, Marden and Mount Pleasant. They leave open to interpretation the details of Avebury's sequence. The monument may have been constructed in a series of stages, but further investigation is badly needed.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , 1992 , pp. 203 - 212
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1992

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