woodhengen.

Brit.

/ˌwʊdˈhɛn(d)ʒ/, U.S.

/ˈwʊdˌ(h)ɛndʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wood n.¹, henge n.

Etymology: < wood n.¹ + henge n., originally and chiefly after the name of Stonehenge (see Stonehenge n.).In sense 1 earliest with reference to a site on Salisbury Plain near Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England (compare henge n. 1); in later use also with reference to henge n. 2 (compare e.g. quot. 1970 at sense 1). The naming of the features excavated at the Cahokia archaeological site (see sense 2) appears to show a misunderstanding of the archaeological term henge monument (compare henge n. 2) as referring to the structures found inside some such monuments, such as Stonehenge (compare the much less common henge n. 1):1964 W. Wittry in Cranbrook Inst. Sci. Newslet. 33 104 Here were located, in succession, four huge circles of spaced wooden posts, not unlike the large circles of spaced stone pillars or wooden posts in western Europe and England called ‘henge monuments’.

Archaeology.

1. (The remains of) a prehistoric monument consisting of a circular or elliptical timber structure (usually interpreted as a circle of large free-standing timber posts), typically surviving only as one or more rings of postholes.The more usual term is timber circle.Neolithic and Bronze Age examples of such monuments are sometimes located within an enclosure formed by a surrounding bank with an internal ditch (see henge n. 2) or other earthwork.Frequently (and in earliest use) as the name of a site near Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, first identified in a series of aerial photographs taken in 1926 and published the following year (see quot. 1927; the article cited uses the term Woodhenge only in captions for these photographs).

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the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > built structures

pond-barrow1845

Zimbabwe1891

ploshchadka1913

stone ring1924

woodhenge1927

henge1932

1927 M. E. Cunnington in Antiquity 1 (Plate facing p. 94) (caption) ‘Woodhenge’: model showing area excavated during 1926.

1932 Church Times 25 Nov. 660/3 It must have been that each centre had its own stone circle or ‘woodhenge’... In regions where stone was rare there were probably hundreds of woodhenges.

1970 Sci. Amer. May 58 The four largest henge monuments in England, each surrounded by earthworks measuring more than 1,000 feet in diameter, are Avebury and three woodhenges.

2018 Independent (Nexis) 5 Jan. Archaeologists in Yorkshire have unearthed a 4,000-year old ‘woodhenge’.

2. A circular arrangement of upright timber posts set into the ground, of a type built by indigenous peoples in North America. Originally and chiefly used with reference to a series of such circles (thought to have been erected between the 10th and 12th centuries c.e.) excavated at the Cahokia archaeological site in Illinois in the 1960s.

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society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > other

table monument1691

chedi1929

woodhenge1964

1964 W. Wittry in Cranbrook Inst. Sci. Newslet. 33 102 This American Woodhenge was 410 feet in diameter. It was a very precise circle and most certainly was laid out with the use of a peg and rope compass.

1985 Plains Anthropologist 30 183/2 The Cahokia woodhenges would have served admirably as observatories for anticipating and predicting solar events, but they also probably had other functions as well.

1993 A. Versluis Elem. Native Amer. Trad. ix. 75 It may be that the stone cairns once held wooden posts, which would make of this site [sc. Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming] a woodhenge.

2009 Amer. Antiq. 74 570/1 The motivation behind the construction of mounds, plazas, woodhenges, palisades, and mortuary features was essentially religious.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	woodhenge
释义	woodhengen. Brit. /ˌwʊdˈhɛn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌ(h)ɛndʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: wood n.¹, henge n. Etymology: < wood n.¹ + henge n., originally and chiefly after the name of Stonehenge (see Stonehenge n.).In sense 1 earliest with reference to a site on Salisbury Plain near Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England (compare henge n. 1); in later use also with reference to henge n. 2 (compare e.g. quot. 1970 at sense 1). The naming of the features excavated at the Cahokia archaeological site (see sense 2) appears to show a misunderstanding of the archaeological term henge monument (compare henge n. 2) as referring to the structures found inside some such monuments, such as Stonehenge (compare the much less common henge n. 1):1964 W. Wittry in Cranbrook Inst. Sci. Newslet. 33 104 Here were located, in succession, four huge circles of spaced wooden posts, not unlike the large circles of spaced stone pillars or wooden posts in western Europe and England called ‘henge monuments’. Archaeology. 1. (The remains of) a prehistoric monument consisting of a circular or elliptical timber structure (usually interpreted as a circle of large free-standing timber posts), typically surviving only as one or more rings of postholes.The more usual term is timber circle.Neolithic and Bronze Age examples of such monuments are sometimes located within an enclosure formed by a surrounding bank with an internal ditch (see henge n. 2) or other earthwork.Frequently (and in earliest use) as the name of a site near Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, first identified in a series of aerial photographs taken in 1926 and published the following year (see quot. 1927; the article cited uses the term Woodhenge only in captions for these photographs). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > history or knowledge about the past > [noun] > archaeology > built structures pond-barrow1845 Zimbabwe1891 ploshchadka1913 stone ring1924 woodhenge1927 henge1932 1927 M. E. Cunnington in Antiquity 1 (Plate facing p. 94) (caption) ‘Woodhenge’: model showing area excavated during 1926. 1932 Church Times 25 Nov. 660/3 It must have been that each centre had its own stone circle or ‘woodhenge’... In regions where stone was rare there were probably hundreds of woodhenges. 1970 Sci. Amer. May 58 The four largest henge monuments in England, each surrounded by earthworks measuring more than 1,000 feet in diameter, are Avebury and three woodhenges. 2018 Independent (Nexis) 5 Jan. Archaeologists in Yorkshire have unearthed a 4,000-year old ‘woodhenge’. 2. A circular arrangement of upright timber posts set into the ground, of a type built by indigenous peoples in North America. Originally and chiefly used with reference to a series of such circles (thought to have been erected between the 10th and 12th centuries c.e.) excavated at the Cahokia archaeological site in Illinois in the 1960s. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > other table monument1691 chedi1929 woodhenge1964 1964 W. Wittry in Cranbrook Inst. Sci. Newslet. 33 102 This American Woodhenge was 410 feet in diameter. It was a very precise circle and most certainly was laid out with the use of a peg and rope compass. 1985 Plains Anthropologist 30 183/2 The Cahokia woodhenges would have served admirably as observatories for anticipating and predicting solar events, but they also probably had other functions as well. 1993 A. Versluis Elem. Native Amer. Trad. ix. 75 It may be that the stone cairns once held wooden posts, which would make of this site [sc. Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming] a woodhenge. 2009 Amer. Antiq. 74 570/1 The motivation behind the construction of mounds, plazas, woodhenges, palisades, and mortuary features was essentially religious. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1927
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