Romancing the stones: Towards a virtual and elemental avebury

J. Pollard; M. Gillings

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Romancing the stones: Towards a virtual and elemental avebury

J. Pollard, M. Gillings

Department of Anthropology and Archaeology

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Abstract

The late Neolithic monument complex at Avebury, Wiltshire, continues to elicit much curiosity and attention. However, with excavation unlikely to occur in the near future, new and non-destructive means of exploring the monument complex are required. Although a number of such investigations have been undertaken, to date no concerted effort has been made to consolidate the results within a single framework. The opening stages of such a project, involving innovative research using GIS and Virtual-Reality technologies within an explicitly theoretical interpretative agenda, are described here.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	143-164
Number of pages	22
Journal	Archaeological Dialogues
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/s1380203800001276
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1998

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