Reviews for Stonehenge Complete: Archaeology, History, Heritage - Christopher Chippindale - Hardcover

The average rating for Stonehenge Complete: Archaeology, History, Heritage - Christopher Chippindale - Hardcover based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-02-26 00:00:00 Zane Wade I feel like I could have read the first and last chapter and learned everything I needed to about Stonehenge. So much of what I read felt like a waste of my time. If you’re interested in what Stonehenge is, this book isn’t the best option. If you’re looking to learn Avery thing about what Stonehenge ISN’T, then go right ahead and read this book full of everything people though about Stonehenge only to be proved wrong years later.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-01-03 00:00:00 David Hough This book is ill-served by its publisher/back cover copy: it's not really about Stonehenge, but about "Stonehenge," the construct of imagination and research in English thought from Medieval times to the present. It is also very, very dry, up till the final chapters, when the author rolls up his sleeves and takes on academic opponents. A historiography of "Stonehenge" is a valuable thing, but even here, the book falls for being under- (well, actually, *not*) theorized. There's a lot of narrative description, but little to no effort to extract meaning from it, or to relate various era's "Stonehenges" to a greater notion of meaning-making about antiquity. On the positive side, the book is a lovely artifact, well worth the paper. The stock is substantial and glossy, and illustrations clear and extensive. Useful as a source for in-depth study of particular periods of antiquarian/scientific/artistic/mystical thought, but there are many more readable works that actually address the Neolithic context of Stonehenge itself.