World of Stonehenge, The

Synopsis: Making use of the latest scientific detective work and experimental archaeology, popular author and broadcaster Neil Oliver discovers how people emerged from the last Ice Age; how agriculture really came to Britain; and the tipping points that changed the course of history. Investigating famous sites anew, as well as little known ones (which hold some of the biggest secrets), Oliver goes to Carnac, Brittany, where farmers and hunter-gathers clashed 7000 years ago, and to Ireland, where he finds the most extensive Stone Age system of fields and walls yet, hidden under a metre of peat bog. The series consists of four 50 minute programmes: AGE OF ICE; AGE OF ANCESTORS; AGE OF COSMOLOGY and AGE OF BRONZE.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2011
Notes: Each programme is also available to buy separately at £195 (+ VAT, +P&P)
Subjects: Archaeology
Keywords: prehistoric sites; Stone Age; Stonehenge; prehistory; stone circles

Title: Age of Ice
Synopsis: As the ice begins to melt, a few hundred intrepid groups of hunter-gatherers colonise the land. Gradually, the climate warms, and the hostile steppe is replaced by a blanket of forest. The seas rise and Britain becomes
an island.
Title: Age of Ancestors
Synopsis: Migrants from continental Europe introduce a new way of life: agriculture. Nomadic life is replaced by settlement. The population increases dramatically. A new demand for tombs and monuments inspires the development of complex skills and hierarchies, and better control of fire leads to the creation of pottery.
Title: Age of Cosmology
Synopsis: The land, and the stone that comes from it, is viewed as sacred. Stonehenge is the centre of this landscape, a place where the living can commune with the dead, and through which the recently dead can pass into the world of the ancestors.
Title: Age of Bronze
Synopsis: Metal comes to Britain from Europe. The art of using fire and of working metal is a religious activity. The first swords appear and warriors challenge the shaman class. Wealth, imports and exports create new social forces. After thousands of years, Stonehenge is abandoned.

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