Posted on 12/22/2013 5:36:23 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A sink hole discovered by archaeologists in Damerham may hold vital information about the plant species thriving there 6,000 years ago.
An archaeology team led by a Kingston University academic has been working on the Neolithic site for six years.
Four areas of the temple complex were excavated during the summer, and in the largest of the openings, which was about 40 metres long, careful extractions revealed a layer of uncharacteristic orange sand and clay.
Usually the archaeological survey would involve mapping and cataloguing finds such as bone, pottery and tool-making waste fragments. Instead the team, led by Dr Helen Wickstead, found plant remains...
The prehistoric temple complex at Damerham is unusual because of the number of different structures in one area.
Dr Wickstead added: “The diversity of burial architecture here is intriguing. What is special about this place that meant generation after generation returned to the site?”
(Excerpt) Read more at salisburyjournal.co.uk ...
I say it now...just like I’ve said it before...”There’s a lot of very old stuff under the ground.”
What has red hair, big feet, and is found in a test tube?
Bozo the Clone.
Bury some cool stuff for your(next)self to find!!
Cask-strength single-malt Scotch might make it a couple of hundred years or so. A tricked-out Novak Browning would be good too.
Maybe if your next self doesn’t find that stuff, mine will. :<)
LOL!
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