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Mike Parker Pearson

British archaeologist at the UCL Institute of Archaeology who directed the Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009), whose excavations at Durrington Walls and the Aubrey Holes underpin the current ancestral-monument reading of Stonehenge's purpose.

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  • Stonehengebuilt in phases, c. 3000-1520 BC

    Mike Parker Pearson led Stonehenge — Directed the Stonehenge Riverside Project (2003-2009).

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How Was Stonehenge Built, and Why?

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