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.... To order, click HERE
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Human transport -- a good story that got in the way of the facts.....
A review just published in the Proceedings of the Open University Geological
Society, Vol 6 (2020), p 113.
3 comments:
A Gee
said...
Is the tide turning? Will we see a new generation of Open University geologists put the final nails in the Human transport coffin! Good news Brian! May you and yours remain Lurgi free!
Who knows? My friend John Downes (who co-wrote the papers on Rhosyfelin) is an Open University teacher, so as you say the message and the common sense may be spreading! The trouble is that archaeologists, by and large, make more noise and grab more attention from the media......
3 comments:
Is the tide turning? Will we see a new generation of Open University geologists put the final nails in the Human transport coffin! Good news Brian! May you and yours remain Lurgi free!
Who knows? My friend John Downes (who co-wrote the papers on Rhosyfelin) is an Open University teacher, so as you say the message and the common sense may be spreading! The trouble is that archaeologists, by and large, make more noise and grab more attention from the media......
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