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Through the Dark Vale: Interpreting the Stonehenge Palisade by Interdisciplinary Convergence.

Speaker(s)
Lionel Sims
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5,000 years ago, a 20ft-high timber fence snaked almost two miles across Salisbury Plain, hiding sacred ceremonies at Stonehenge from sight. Lionel Sims, one of the world's leading experts on Stonehenge, explores the mystery of the Palisade.

Class syllabus
Summer 2016: Economics, Politics and Science

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