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Chris Collyer
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Re: Dating a giant
Jul 05, 2003, 13:08
Moth,

You've probably found this book, but just in case you haven't-
The Cerne Giant: An Antiquity on Trail by T. Darvill, K. Barker, B. Bender and R. Huttons.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric/reviews/03_06_cerne.htm

Interesting review. A couple of things stand out from it -

'Darvill’s concludes that we will never obtain answers relating to the Cerne Giant until some form of excavation is carried out.'

It also mentions that the dating process used on the White Horse has not been applied to the giant so it looks like the chap has never been excavated.

'Barker suggests that antiquarian minded people have essentially type cast the giant as a prehistoric figure.'

Do they mean people like us? Damn cheek!

I'll get me spade ;-)
-Chris
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