[blueplum]

here’s a little map . I wonder how tall those stones really are?

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/arthurs-stone/history/

Over the pandemic I’ve been doing a little amateur sleuthing on ancient cultures. Three of interest being Gobekli Tepe, Nevali Cori, and Catal Hoyuk

Early shrines/settlements aren’t that far off age-wise from those found in England. So I wonder if the same dynamic was in play world-wide that is suggested by the Levant discoveries - religion birthed settlement and domesticated farming instead of settlement birthing religion: Build a religious site, the people will come. Cooperation in farming brings trade that brings power to the priests and elites in the form of tributes. Elites provide protection to small bands of hunter/gatherers now farmers and trademen and part of a cohesive group with an identity.

[PLMerite]

" I wonder how tall those stones really are?"

Here's the only image I could find with a person in it:

[TXnMA]

Interesting "chicken vs egg" hypothesis...