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Littlestone
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Re: what ever has happened to avebury?
Jul 23, 2005, 20:44
>Point taken - Littlestone is jumping to conclusions...<

Not jumping to conclusions at all Peter, I am simply presenting a hypothesis, a hypothesis that Ishmael has yet to disprove. My main hypothesis is that Avebury, Silbury, the Sanctuary and other nearby structures lay at the centre of a vibrant Neolithic culture and were not just places of pilgrimage. I also maintain that, given its position and ease of access from the Ridgeway, Avebury was probably also a place for markets, trials, marriages, funerals, worship, instruction and, last but not least, merrymaking.

I am, of course, quite happy to retract that hypothesis if it can be show to be erroneous.

Meanwhile, you are quite right to ask Ishmael if he believes, "...that Christians are the only people that meet and marry?" and I look forward to reading his answer to that question.
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