Prehistoric Britain

Introduction

Scientific progress often begins with a simple question.

What happens if we revert to the original measurements rather than accept the final calculations?

In a previous analysis of the European skeletal database compiled by Christopher Ruff and colleagues, I examined one of the most fundamental char...

Introduction

For years, one of the most common objections to Britain’s great prehistoric dykes has been remarkably simple.

“They’re too high.”

“There wouldn’t have been enough water.”

“They couldn’t have been used for transport.”

Pinkery Canal on Exmoor changes that debate forever.

Built around 1820...

How Durrington Walls, Larkhill and the “Mega-Monument” Forgot the Water

The fundamental problem with the modern interpretation of Stonehenge and its wider landscape is simple.

Archaeologists still do not understand the basic infrastructure of prehistoric society.

They look at pits, ditches, earthworks, dry valleys and mon...

Chapter 1 A Decade in the Making

In archaeology, major excavations are normally expected to follow a reasonably predictable path. A site is discovered, excavated, analysed and eventually published. As new evidence emerges, interpretations may be refined, but the fundamental understanding of the site generally becomes clearer over time.

Introduction Stone me – are the druids looking the wrong way!

(Book Extract, The Stonehenge Hoax – Summer Solstice)

The Problem

When we think about Stonehenge, our minds go to the mass gatherings of people who meet at the stones to celebrate the Summer and Winter Solsti...