thesweetcheat
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Geophysical Study of ‘Earth Energies’ in Avebury
Jan 24, 2015, 19:09
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This one should appeal to some of you (Nigel)
https://publicarchaeology2015.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/geophysical-study-of-earth-energies-in-aveburys-ritual-landscape-using-a-magnetic-susceptibility-field-coil/
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tjj
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Edited Jan 24, 2015, 23:34
Re: Geophysical Study of ‘Earth Energies’ in Avebury
Jan 24, 2015, 21:01
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thesweetcheat wrote:
I've had a look at the above link and the other link embedded in it "A Legend Landscape"
https://publicarchaeology2015.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/a-legend-landscape/
Not completely without merit (rehashing of old ideas). Haven't come across the expression "mythoarchaeology" before though - when I googled it all roads led back to the above web-site and associated Facebook page.
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nigelswift
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Re: Geophysical Study of ‘Earth Energies’ in Avebury
Jan 25, 2015, 05:24
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Interesting website. I like the idea of public archaeologists exploring ways to interact with the public.
Incidentally, what are we to make of this ....
https://publicarchaeology2015.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/westkennetsurvey.jpg
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tiompan
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Re: Geophysical Study of ‘Earth Energies’ in Avebury
Jan 25, 2015, 10:31
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All good situationist , re-enchanting type fun . I'm reminded of the attempt to levitate St Pancras station a long time ago , it did work ,but you had to have been there , as it was only for second .
On a more serious note ,fingers crossed for Laure .
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Rhiannon
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Edited Jan 25, 2015, 11:04
Re: Geophysical Study of ‘Earth Energies’ in Avebury
Jan 25, 2015, 11:03
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Maybe that people used to walk up from the spring, via the round barrow, to get to the longbarrow. Maybe before shotguns were invented so they had less fear of someone shouting 'get off my land' and walked in a sensible line. Because it's a straight line really isn't it, across a single field.
I kind of know one of the people connected with the website. He's an artist, he used to make the crop circles. His research is about people's perception of weird landscape related things, I think.
So I figure the whole thing may be part of a devious anthropological experiment to get people to pipe up for and against Strange Things, and then a whole new layer of landscape folklore will be created. Or something. It's not supposed to be real, the big circle. But it's supposed to get you talking about it as though it is. And here we are talking about it. So I guess it's working :)
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thesweetcheat
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Re: Geophysical Study of ‘Earth Energies’ in Avebury
Jan 25, 2015, 11:16
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Talk and walk is next Sunday (1 February) from Waggon and Horses.
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moss
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Re: Geophysical Study of ‘Earth Energies’ in Avebury
Jan 25, 2015, 12:37
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thesweetcheat wrote: Talk and walk is next Sunday (1 February) from Waggon and Horses.
Tis a small world! That is why the Waggon and Horses, Beckhampton joined my Twitter account yesterday.. My news hound skills are well known ;)
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Lefturn
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Re: Geophysical Study of ‘Earth Energies’ in Avebury
Jan 25, 2015, 15:05
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Rhiannon wrote: So I figure the whole thing may be part of a devious anthropological experiment to get people to pipe up for and against Strange Things, and then a whole new layer of landscape folklore will be created. Or something. It's not supposed to be real, the big circle. But it's supposed to get you talking about it as though it is. And here we are talking about it. So I guess it's working :)
Think you hit the nail on the head. Is it art? I hope so, otherwise it has something in common with the legend of Silbury Hill - cobblers!
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nigelswift
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Re: Geophysical Study of ‘Earth Energies’ in Avebury
Jan 25, 2015, 15:15
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"So I figure the whole thing may be part of a devious anthropological experiment to get people to pipe up "
I suspect so.
But it's not as straight line, it's a curve. Which is fine, paths curve for lots of reasons that are no longer apparent. But he's gone a step further, implying it's an arc on a circle that Silbury is also on. But is it?
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