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Michael Parker Pearson is Professor of British Prehistory at University College London and a Fellow of the British Academy.

Mike has worked on archaeological projects around the world from Madagascar to Syria, the United States and Easter Island as well as within Europe and Britain.

He has been investigating Stonehenge and its stones since 2003 and has written extensively on this and other archaeological topics.

In the last two decades research on Stonehenge has revolutionised our understanding of this iconic stone circle and the people who built it.

Archaeological excavations and a remarkable range of scientific methods have cast light on many new aspects of when, how and why Stonehenge was built.

Analysis of ancient DNA, isotopes and human osteology are providing new and often startling insights into who these people were and how they lived and died.

With some of Stonehenge's stones now known to have been brought from northern Scotland and west Wales, it is becoming apparent that the monument's purpose may have been connected with the forging of long-distance links across Britain.