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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Monday, 11 June 2018
More comments about the book....
Two more comments from senior academics. (By the way, I did not make them up.) I'm quite encouraged. Of course, there will be negative and aggressive reviews in assorted journals from people with vested interests and maybe from some who don't wish to take my arguments on board. Such is life....
"..........your recent book The Stonehenge Bluestones. Excellent! I believe you! I read it from cover to cover. Your demolition job on the Bluestones did me good. ‘Assumptive research’ is more common than one might expect … and embedded assumptions create vast barriers, dams, holding up research … YET flexibility is unwelcome!"
"Only had a quick browse so far but seems you've done a grand job updating... Excellent stuff."
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