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In the second episode of her short series looking at why Stonehenge has occupied such an important place in the story of Britain, Rosemary Hill talks to Kate Bennett about the two antiquarians, John Aubrey and William Stukeley, who first treated the stone circle as a material object whose secrets could be revealed through careful measurement, observation and comparison, and so pioneered many of the practices of modern archaeology.Find further reading on the LRB website: lrb.me/stonehengepodtwoSign up to the LRB's Close Readings subscription here: lrb.me/closereadings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second episode of her short series looking at why Stonehenge has occupied such an important place in the story of Britain, Rosemary Hill talks to Kate Bennett about the two antiquarians, John Aubrey and William Stukeley, who first treated the stone circle as a material object whose secrets could be revealed through careful measurement, observation and comparison, and so pioneered many of the practices of modern archaeology.Find further reading on the LRB website: <a href="https://lrb.me/stonehengepodtwo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">lrb.me/stonehengepodtwo</a>Sign up to the LRB's Close Readings subscription here: <a href="https://lrb.me/closereadings" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">lrb.me/closereadings</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

The Lives of Stonehenge: John Aubrey and William Stukeley

Stone circles, Roman Britain, a fossil crocodile and the flood described in the Book of Genesis, the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, a fake monk's manuscript: these were all studied by William Stukeley, English antiquarian, physician and clergyman (1687-1765) who pioneered research into Stonehenge and Avebury. Rana Mitter brings together a panel of archaeologists, historians and writers to look at the works of the first secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London. His guests are New Generation Thinker and Lecturer in Archaeology at University of Exeter Susan Greaney; Rosemary Hill, whose book Time's Witness: History in the Age of Romanticism is a study of 18th-century antiquarianism; Ronald Hutton, historian of religion who has written about Stukeley and the Druids; and Robert Iliffe, Professor of the History of Science at Oxford.You can hear Susan Greaney discussing Stonehenge in a previous Free Thinking episode https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014g7y and changing archaeological digs also heard from Alexandra Sofroniew, Damian Robinson and Raimund Karl https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03xpn5pRonald Hutton has taken part in discussions about witchcraft and Margaret Murray https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001271f and goddesses https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014g7yProducer: Luke Mulhall

Stone circles, Roman Britain, a fossil crocodile and the flood described in the Book of Genesis, the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, a fake monk's manuscript: these were all studied by William Stukeley, English antiquarian, physician and clergyman (1687-1765) who pioneered research into Stonehenge and Avebury. Rana Mitter brings together a panel of archaeologists, historians and writers to look at the works of the first secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London. His guests are New Generation Thinker and Lecturer in Archaeology at University of Exeter Susan Greaney; Rosemary Hill, whose book Time's Witness: History in the Age of Romanticism is a study of 18th-century antiquarianism; Ronald Hutton, historian of religion who has written about Stukeley and the Druids; and Robert Iliffe, Professor of the History of Science at Oxford. You can hear Susan Greaney discussing Stonehenge in a previous Free Thinking episode <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014g7y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014g7y</a> and changing archaeological digs also heard from Alexandra Sofroniew, Damian Robinson and Raimund Karl <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03xpn5p" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03xpn5p</a> Ronald Hutton has taken part in discussions about witchcraft and Margaret Murray <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001271f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001271f</a> and goddesses <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014g7y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0014g7y</a> Producer: Luke Mulhall