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StoneHenge
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
03/23/2009

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When was the first phase of stonehenge constructed?
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3100b.c.
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How big was the site?
Definition
320 feet in diameter with an opening oriented along an axis toward the heel stone.
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When was the erection of the stone circle and horseshoe of five triliths?
Definition
2100 b.c.
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Who built the originl stonehendge?
Definition
Early neolithic people.
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Who built the stone circle and horseshoe?
Definition
Late neolithic
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When was the final phase constructed?
Definition
In the Bronze age.
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What remains the key orientation of the site throughout its constructon?
Definition
The heel stone.
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What does the heel stne line up with?
Definition
The rising of the midsummer's day sun.
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Sarsen
Definition
Stones used at stonehendge.
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bluestone
Definition
Stone used to make the sarsens.
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lintel
Definition
the top stone.
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trilithon
Definition
The three stones together.
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neolithic
Definition
Stone builders.
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Bronze Age
Definition
when most advanced metalworking was used to melt and make bronze artifacts.
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