The materialization of religious structures in the time of Stonehenge

Material Religion

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 332-353

  Pollard, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Houses; Materiality; Shrines; Stonehenge; Temples

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950414519     PISSN: 17432200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175183409X12550007729987     Document Type: Article

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