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Stone shifting - was it just about effort?
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fitzcoraldo
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Re: Stone shifting - was it just about effort?
Jan 18, 2004, 20:40
Why dismiss the dragging theory out of hand. I think it may be perfectly valid.
We may look for modern engineering theories to help us understand how to move large stones but our modern perspective may be totally off kilter with a Neoilithic/Bronze Age perspective.
It reminds me of how until relatively recently pilgrims would undertake a sacred journey barefoot or place a stone in their shoe just to make the journey uncomfortable.
Raising a monument like Silbury may seem improbable in theory but it was done all the same. Same applies to building monuments like Avebury and the great henges.
I see the great monuments as a memorial to our ancestors deep held beliefs rather than to great feats of engineering.
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