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Re: Stonehenge Y&Z holes evidence of farming calendar
Nov 28, 2014, 20:00
Dave , interesting that you mention Yemen . Harriet Nash did a PhD on the star calendars of neighbouring Oman , and the Yemen itself does a have a similar tradition , no suggestion of a connection with anything prehistoric though .
The Y and Z holes were not only dated from RC dating but also stratigraphically , they cut into post holes and the ramps of two sarsen stones .The irregularity of the circles suggests that the stones were in the way of a scribing . The absence of ZH 8 stone 8 had fallen and was in the way is another reason for the later date .
Apart from the other problems there is also the possibility that Stonehenge was not built by arable farmers and throughout the period of it’s build and use arable farming was not the main means of subsistence . The past decade has seen an increase in a number of studies showing that cereals were not as successful as we once believed and there was a long period when they went of use . evidence for querns and ard marks for the period are missing but are found earlier and later , as are dental caries which are associated with a cereal diet .Isotope analysis shows a higher meat protein content than later diets .Fewer cereal impression on pottery from the period is another indicator . various cultures have been known to have started cereal cultivation then abandoned it for centuries before returning to it much later .Chris Stevens and Dorian Fuller did an interesting paper on it . I’ll send it .
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