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Thursday, 2 September 2010

Oh dear -- another blockbuster.....

Came across this on a website called "INSide Nova".....

Publicist Note: An enduring question about Stonehenge remains: how did Stone Age people --without the wheel or the use of metal--move and raise its stones? NOVA's "Secrets of Stonehenge" airing November 16, 2010... features exclusive coverage of an ingenious new experiment, based on an unusual prehistoric artifact.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Brian,
    the producer told me that the experiment involved replica Neolithic stone balls (actually wooden ones were used) as “ball bearings” to help transport stones – with not very convincing results.
    Pete

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  2. Ah-- on the lines our our splendid American friend who has a video on YouTube and has had twenty million hits.....

    He had some big lumps of concrete moving about on a concrete slab in his back garden, assisted by small pebbles. Replicate that on soggy marshland in west Wales? Hmmm - I don't think do.

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