Mike Parker Pearson on Stonehenge and British Prehistory

Tides of History

Wondery / Patrick Wyman

Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Archaeology has come a long way since the first crude excavations at Stonehenge more than a century ago. Our guest, Mike Parker Pearson, spent the better part of a decade excavating in the vicinity of Stonehenge, offering new interpretations of the monument that form the backbone of current understanding. And Stonehenge is just one of Professor Parker Pearson’s areas of interest over the course of a long career that has redefined our understanding of British prehistory.

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, from Wandery, welcome to another episode of Tides of History.
0:14.5	Thanks for joining me.
0:16.5	Over the past several decades, the discipline of archeology has been in the midst of a
0:20.0	whole series of transformations.
0:22.3	New tools of analysis have changed the kinds of data we can collect and the questions we
0:26.2	can ask about even the most famous monuments in the world, even places like Stonehenge,
0:30.6	a spot that's instantly recognizable to people of all ages and backgrounds.
0:35.4	To help us understand both Stonehenge and those new tools, we have an awesome guest today.
0:40.2	After teaching at the University of Sheffield for 25 years, he's now a professor of later
0:44.4	British prehistory at University College London's Institute of Archaeology.
0:49.0	Over the years, he has directed a ton of major excavation and research projects, including
0:53.3	the Stonehenge Riverside Project, one on the Beaker People, another on the Stones of Stonehenge,
0:59.1	and another on the Archaeology of the Outer Hebrides.
1:02.2	He's the author of a staggering number of research papers and books, including Stonehenge,
1:06.6	exploring the greatest Stone Age mystery, and the Beaker People, isotopes, mobility, and
1:10.8	diet and prehistoric Britain.
1:12.8	He has also appeared on a bunch of different TV specials and programs over the years.
1:17.1	Professor Mike Parker Pearson, thank you so much for joining me.
1:20.3	It's a pleasure.
1:22.2	So I want to start with a general question.
1:24.7	You've worked on everything from Iron Age, Uttlens to the Neolithic of the Hebrides to Stonehenge
1:29.6	to Madagascar.
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