The grave of a woman in her 20s, crouched around a pot or beaker, was found by archaeologists only a short distance from the Neolithic stone circle at Stonehenge. It is thought to date from about 4,500 years ago.
(Image: © Wessex Archaeology)
Posted on 02/11/2021 8:40:13 AM PST by BenLurkin
The latest finds were made during preliminary studies of the area, before 18 months of full archaeological excavations are expected to begin later this year, Leivers said.
Foremost among the latest finds are several graves, unearthed just to the southwest of the Stonehenge circle, that are thought to be from the Beaker culture, which is named after their practice of burying the dead with bell-shaped pottery drinking vessels. The Beaker people lived in Western Europe between 4,800 and 3,800 years ago, beginning in the Chalcolithic period when the first copper tools came into use. In one of the graves., the researchers found a simple pot alongside the remains of a baby, though only the ear bones remain. Another pit nearby contains the remains of a woman who died in her 20s, her body crouched around a relatively ornate pot or beaker. The research team also found a fragment of a copper awl or needle and a mysterious cylindrical shale object, perhaps part of a staff or club, in her grave.
Both graves are thought to be about 4,500 years old, which would make them about the same age as the smaller "bluestones" around and within the main circle of large sandstone "sarsens" at Stonehenge, Leivers said.
Buried caches of other ancient artifacts, including pottery vessels, flints, and deer antlers that may have been used for digging have also been found along the planned tunnel route.
Buried caches of other ancient artifacts, including pottery vessels, flints, and deer antlers that may have been used for digging have also been found along the planned tunnel route.
The archaeologists also found a pattern of buried ditches south of the graves that appears to form an enclosure... middle to late Bronze Age, after about 3500 years ago, when there was a settlement nearby...
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If this is the vehicle tunnel to remove the busy road that is only several hundred feet from Stonehenge, it has been a long time in coming. When I visited there in pre-dawn August of 1999, you could see why it would be a good move, but the costs were also clear. An amazing place and NO, the aliens did not build it!
But, the aliens will inherit it ;-)
Aliens do a lot of construction in America today. I see an old business or home torn down in 2 days, and then aliens come in and construct new buildings.
No problem...
The Pandorica has already been found and moved...
However, if it hasn’t been moved, they will have to deal with a Roman soldier standing guard...
Thanks BenLurkin for the topic and a fool in paradise for the additional ping!
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