Describe Stonehenge and discuss the theories that have surfaced regarding its meaning

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Essay responses should include these points:
Stonehenge is created from large post-and-lintel stones in a series of henges.
The site went through eight different phases of construction and activity.
The site started as a cemetery of cremation burials.
The complex was erroneously associated with the rituals of Celtic druids.
Some have argued that it was an observatory to track cosmic events or a calendar for regulating agricultural schedules.
Stonehenge was the site of ceremonies linked to death and burial, and this complex can only be understood in relation to nearby prehistoric sites.

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