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nigelswift
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Edited Dec 14, 2008, 07:22
Re: The bluestone debate
Dec 14, 2008, 02:35
tiompan wrote:
Choosing a site like Stonehenge had very likely nothing to do with the availability of stone . A common feature of monumentality is an earlier timber structure that was late rreplaced by stone , in these type of circumstances it is apparent that the site was primary not the availibility of stone .

Quite. Using two types of carpentry joints in a stone structure is a heck of a clue.

Plus, the gap between the dates of Stonehenge and the Mesolithic posts is shrinking. Maybe one day it will close. If so, the relevant question will be why were the posts located there.
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