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Scientists still care where the ancient inhabitants of modern Wiltshire counties in England delivered blue stones to Avebury, used in the construction of Stonehenge since in the surroundings of this ancient monument are nothing like failed to find.
It has long been suggested that multi-ton lumps arrived from Wales, however, researchers were always alarmed by the huge the distance between him and Avebury, because even through modern technology to deliver huge menhirs for hundreds of kilometers off-road – a serious problem, but how it could be solved somewhat millennia ago is just a mystery. It would be wiser to find blue stones nearby.
But they were never discovered, but, as the magazine writes Antiquity, geologists at University College London today for sure found that the inner megaliths of Stonehenge were delivered from West Wales since the nude rocks of the Presley hills (Carn Goedog and Craig Rhos-y-felin) are completely identical in structure to blue stones of a mysterious monument.
That is, scientists, one might say, have finally closed this question. But almost the main mystery remained: how are these menhirs moved a distance of 230 kilometers? Here is what writes about it Mike Parker Pearson is a college staffer and co-author of this research discoveries:
We discovered another secret of Stonehenge, since any the Neolithic monument in Europe was created almost from local breeds, which were mined at a maximum distance of 16 kilometers. And here – over two hundred. Now we need to understand why the ancients five thousand years ago, builders turned to the blue stones of Presel, what was their significance, and, most importantly, how people moved heavy menhirs for hundreds of kilometers.
As for the huge boulders, archaeologists believe that their transported with a wooden sled. Previously put forward theory moving megaliths through water, but today it seems to be a scientist unlikely: firstly, the overland path is much shorter, and secondly, even using water, you would still have to move the stones overland. Menhirs were most likely separated from the main breed with expansion of gaps and swings at the joints. But man-made stone platforms speak in favor of using a sled.
Recall that Mike Pitts is an archaeologist and journalist, participated in several archaeological excavations in the area Stonehenge, believes that the blue megaliths were in Avebury long before the start of the construction of the famous Stone Hange. How did they get there, apparently, we won’t be able to find out never…
However, researchers in academic science in particular of the same college in London, believe that the blue stones were brought from Wales, and therefore in the future they plan to deal with a clue the next mystery – what ritual or scientific significance was deposit on the hills of Presella for the oldest inhabitants of modern England.
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