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3,600-3,300 BC Dividing the Landscape: the Stanwell Cursus

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The Stanwell Cursus was built as a series of sections, each about 150 to 200 metres long Film iconDownload an animation showing how the cursus might have been built in sections (requires QuickTime).

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3,600-3,300 BC Cursus Landscape animation

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3,300-2,600 BC From Linear to Circular: Changing the Use of Space

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Looking towards the setting sun over the Stanwell cursus on the winter solstice. Film iconDownload an animation that shows people observing the winter solstice sunrise from the horseshoe enclosure, and the bank of the cursus (1.4MB, requires QuickTime).

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3,000-1,700 BC Developing Ways to Share the Landscape

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A family buries a Grooved Ware pot during a ceremony in a woodland clearing, perhaps as an offering to the gods. A family buries a Grooved Ware pot during a ceremony in a woodland clearing, perhaps as an offering to the gods.

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2,500BC Henge Animation

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