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...
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Tuesday, 15 May 2018
It's in the Daily Mail. so it must be true......
I wonder if any archaeologists read the Daily Mail? They clearly don't read Archaeology in Wales or Quaternary Newsletter, but this might be a bit more accessible.......
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5728911/The-gigantic-stones-Stonehenge-moved-GLACIERS-new-theory-claims.html#reader-comments
By the way, how's your Spanish?
https://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2018-05-15/stonehenge-teoria-nueva-el-mayor-secreto_1563671/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mystery-moved-huge-bluestones-stonehenge-solved-134532440.html
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/05/14/stonehenge-secret-revealed-scientist-suggests-new-theory-about-ancient-site.html
and cue the comments about Bloody forgeiners bringing their stones here illegaly and effecting the prices of local stone circles etc etc
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I know, Pete -- the most horrible of rags. I'm embarrassed. In self-defence, all I can say is that when press releases go out it's a complete lottery as to who picks them up and reads them and writes articles loosely based on them......
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