Stonehenge for the ancestors: The stones pass on the message

Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 276, 1998, Pages 308-326

  Parker Pearson, M ^a   Ramilisonina, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Analogy; Ancestor; Avebury; Henge; Madagascar; Stonehenge; Timber circle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001381999     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00086592     Document Type: Article

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