Profile: Moving Stonehenge

@article{Harris2016ProfileMS,
  title={Profile: Moving Stonehenge},
  author={B. Lynn Harris},
  journal={Public Archaeology},
  year={2016},
  volume={15},
  pages={148 - 156}
}
  • B. Harris
  • Published 2 July 2016
  • Physics
  • Public Archaeology
Over the course of the twentieth century a number of experimental studies have investigated the construction of megalithic monuments such as Stonehenge (Atkinson, 1956; Osenton, 2001; Parry, 2000; ... 
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