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Re: Silbury updates
Jun 05, 2007, 06:58
Turned up an old HMSO 1971 leaflet yesterday on Stonehenge and Avebury, written by Atkinson to quote;-

"the construction of the mound shows an almost obsessive concern for stability.... and they show (features) that the builders of Silbury had a remarkable empirical knowledge of civil engineering, which they applied so effectively that the shape of the mound has hardly changed at all since it was built"....

Its wierd really, all the damage done to Silbury, tearing its heart out to find goodness knows what, that we still at the end have to leave a 'time capsule' to mark the fact that 'we've been here' - a relict of 2007 ;) . We still can't after all these years of civilisation help but leave our territorial mark or scat to determine ownership...
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