# Stonehenge begins to take shape (-3000)

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Communities on Salisbury Plain began constructing the monument complex that later became Stonehenge. Within the broader Prehistoric Britain period, communities moved from hunter-gatherer lifeways toward farming, monument building, metalworking and increasingly complex regional societies. This event is placed at c. 3000 BCE in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. Its long construction history reflects large-scale cooperation, ritual life and mobility in prehistoric Britain.

## Why it matters
Its long construction history reflects large-scale cooperation, ritual life and mobility in prehistoric Britain.

Ruler at the time: [Prehistoric Britain](https://english-history.com/rulers/prehistoric-britain)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Stonehenge begins to take shape](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Stonehenge+begins+to+take+shape&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Stonehenge begins to take shape](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Stonehenge+begins+to+take+shape)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history_%28before_1000%29)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica — prehistoric Britain topic search](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=prehistoric%20Britain)