Archaeologists have started to dig the pre-historic Stonehenge-
one of the most famous pre-historic sites of the world.
Dig will be led by Timothy Darvill ,a leading Stonehenge
scholar from the Bournemoth University and Geoffery
Wainwright,President of the society of Antiquaries
In order to ascertain the date of the monument they have
decided the materials and utilise modern scientific
archeology and radio carbon dating
The monument has remained a puzzle as there is
no evidence as to when and why it was built.It is known
that they were constructed during the Neolithic period.
In south England the Neolithic period dates from the
development of the first Farming communities around
4000 BC.There are around 40,000 Megalithic sites in
British Isles .It was a site of pilgrimage for the Noe-
Druids and the neo pagans, According to the 17 Th C
belief it was associated to the Durids who used these
strange circles of rocks for religious and ritual purposes.
Human bones were recovered from beneath and it
is assumed that it might have been used as an altar
for performing human sacrifices.It is also referred
to as astronomical observatories.The arrangement is
in such a fashion that its axis is aligned towards
mid summer sunrise .It is supposed that the tribe
which installed it may have worshipped celestial
bodies like the sun ,moon and the stars.The Stonehenge has three stages of evolution
There are evidence o show that it was originally
build of wood.Later it was replaced by the blue stones
(dolerite stones with a bluish tint)and in the third stage
with the enormous sarsen stones of today.According to
research the arch conducted by the above mentioned scholars
the original site of the blue rocks were in Preseli mountains
in South Wales 153 miles away from the site in Salisbury
It is believed that these rocks were brought to the site
approximately in 2600 BC.
Archaeologists recently discovered what appears to be the other
half of Stonehenge, illuminating what they believe is a much larger
Neolithic complex than has long been envisioned
half of Stonehenge, illuminating what they believe is a much larger
Neolithic complex than has long been envisioned
Looking closely at Stonehenge and other Neolithic sites,
-the formative patterns of our modern world we find
certain similarities.Recently archaeologists have excavated
a Stonehenge in the Sahara dating back 6,000
years was the oldest in the world . A site in Turkey known
as Gobekli Tepe dates back more than 11,000 years. —
The new discovery, is an elaborate residential compound
The new discovery, is an elaborate residential compound
Discoveries has brought to light a timber version of Stonehenge
and evidence of different kinds of occupations in the
4,600-year-old village and a processional "road" leading
to the nearby Avon River.Egyptian Stonehenge in the Sahara
dating back more than 6,000 years.-the oldest known
megalithic site in the world.
No comments:
Post a Comment