cover image Prehistoric Avebury

Prehistoric Avebury

Aubrey Burl. Yale University Press, $30 (275pp) ISBN 978-0-300-03622-0

Situated 18 miles from Stonehenge, Avebury, a complex of stone circles, barrows, earthworks and avenues, was built some 5000 years ago. Here archeologist Burl tells its stories in a text that ""sets a high standard in archeological writing for a lay audience,'' PW stated. (May)