Posted on 07/11/2008 6:01:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Pearson said, "I think the key thing is that from the moment that Stonehenge is built -- this is very shortly after 3,000 B.C. -- they're putting in burials as well as the parts of the monument itself. And I think it's something that is going hand in hand with it."
He referred to alternative theories, including Bournemouth University archaeologist Timothy Darvill's idea that Stonehenge was a place of healing, as in no way inconsistent with the site also serving as a cemetery. A place devoted to the ancestors naturally could have a variety of secondary uses, such as invoking their spirits to help with problems the community faced...
What strikes me about these new views of Stonehenge is how remarkably consonant they are with our evolving understanding of Ohio's Hopewell earthworks.
The Newark Earthworks, for example, consisted of a number of enormous geometric enclosures, including two circles, a square, an octagon and an oval...
So, like Stonehenge, although the site served a variety of purposes, the ancestors were at the heart of it all.
(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...
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I’m just surprised someone hasn’t decided to out do the stonehenge and build an even bigger, more massive sun dial.
Or maybe I just don’t subscribe to the right newsletters.
Do a google search on Carhenge. ;-)
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