Mike Parker Pearson is Professor of British Later Prehistory at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He has worked on archaeological sites around the world in Denmark, Germany, Greece, Syria, the United States, Madagascar, Easter Island (Rapanui) and the Outer Hebrides. Dr. Pearson has been UK Archaeologist of the Year and is a Fellow of the British Academy. He is the author of 24 books on a wide variety of archaeological topics, including Stonehenge – A New Understanding: Solving the Mysteries of the Greatest Stone Age Monument.