tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post4233222923613044599..comments2024-03-28T14:00:12.372+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: Pentre Ifan - Place of StonesBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-7668897786820999552015-03-22T10:37:33.319+00:002015-03-22T10:37:33.319+00:00No problem with that, Goe. As we have discussed m...No problem with that, Goe. As we have discussed many times, in some cases a pre-existing site has been chosen as a place for a megalithic structure. In other cases, pre-existing earth bank and ditch structures have not been used for later stone structures -- quite possibly because no stones were handy in the neighbourhood.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-53505955220999970102015-03-22T09:35:49.077+00:002015-03-22T09:35:49.077+00:00But , as also has been explained ,location choice...<br />But , as also has been explained ,location choice is not as simple as local availability of material e.g. excavated , non portal tomb monuments like Stonehenge. <br /><br />I should have clarified that I was only talking about UK and Irish portal tombs when mentioning "any portal tomb" .Geo Curhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616965043116389325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-21530311913408181882015-03-22T08:39:34.808+00:002015-03-22T08:39:34.808+00:00Yes, in the case of "earthfast" capstone...Yes, in the case of "earthfast" capstones used in Neolithic tombs that's a no-brainer, but I recall in the recent work at Garn Turne there was a serious suggestion by the diggers that the massive capstone had been dragged from an uphill outcrop -- until they realised that they had to abandon that idea. Good for Grimes et al -- perfectly sensible.<br /><br />The trouble with some modern archaeology is that such is the preoccupation with "location explanations" (see my recent post on Pembrokeshire's Neolithic Tombs) that geology is often completely ignored, and that the most obvious explanation for the siting of a megalithic monument (ie that it was built where the stones were) is quite forgotten about.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-5289046210216402002015-03-21T23:18:19.117+00:002015-03-21T23:18:19.117+00:00I can't think of any archaeologist who has eve...I can't think of any archaeologist who has ever suggested the transport of any stone in amy portal tomb of more than 500 m . <br />What has changed in the past 15 years and mentioned here a couple of times , is the suggestion that some capstones were not moved but simply had a pit dug around them then lifed in situ . Grimes , excavator at Pentre Ifan may even have been the first to mention this Geo Curhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616965043116389325noreply@blogger.com