How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
THE BOOK
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
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Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Bluestones and mathematics
Now this is an interesting little piece, designed to prove that the bluestones on Salisbury Plain cannot be glacial erratics.
Bluestones & Bell Curves
On April 5, 2010, in Theories, Thoughts and Essays
Special guest post by EDWARD PEGLAR (from ARMCHAIR PREHISTORY)
How didn’t the Preseli bluestones get to Stonehenge?
Ask your maths teacher.
http://standingstones.tv/theories-thoughts-essays/bluestones-bell-curves/
Must do a bit of gardening while the weather is so fantastic -- but later I will explain why I have severe reservations about this mathematical "proof"........ largely based on the fact that Ned has got his assumptions all wrong.
Ask your maths teacher? On balance I think I would prefer to ask a glacial geomorphologist.
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