Stone moving experiments

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GordonP Sep 16, 2005 18:13:35
Replying to Jo-anne

Hi Jo-anne
Thanks for that. For the record, all I seek to do is prove what was possible in the Neolithic. I will leave to those better qualified to decide what was probable in regard to megalith moving.

If I do no more in the future, I have at least opened up the debate and shown that Neolithic man may have actually picked up the megaliths in order to move them, rather than drag them along, something that, as far as I know, has not been considered since Stukely.

Hi Mike
You are probably right, I often talk a load of bollocks, so in my defence I'll quote the words of Charles Darwin;

"False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness: and when this is done, one path towards error is closed and the road to truth is often at the same time opened."

Perhaps you would like to prove to me that heavy stones cannot be picked up and moved with wooden levers.

L Littlestone
Littlestone Sep 16, 2005 23:32:27
Replying to GordonP

>"...one path towards error is closed and the road to truth is often at the same time opened."<

How true Gordon, and equally applied to every field of human endeavour -whether art, philosophy or religion. And to those who would say, "Are but..." I would say well let's just see which path lasts the longest and takes us the furthest ;-)

M mike croley
mike croley Sep 17, 2005 11:46:42
Replying to GordonP

Hi Gordon, I'm afraid the burden of proof falls firmly with you. Stonehenge is one thing but to extend your theory to Giza is a big mistake.
The average weight of a Great Pyramid stone is between 1 and 2 tonnes with the heaviest known stones to be in the region of some 80 tonnes that are found at the higher levels of the GP. One particular variety of stone found at many of the sites in Norther Egypt including the GP is Aswan Granite. The only known location for this Granite is some 250 miles south of Cairo. In Luxor and else where we find obelisks weighing some 200 tonnes. That's your first challenge as far as I'm concerned. Of course I'd like to see you remove it from the ground using the traditional methods attributed to the builders of the day.

mike

J Jo-anne
Jo-anne Sep 17, 2005 12:09:08
Replying to GordonP

"all I seek to do is prove what was possible in the Neolithic."

Hi Gorden,
It's quiet a big step towards opening up the pre history and the awareness of a period that has a 'real' history.
For the last 25 years there has been rather a standstill even a decline in the knowledge. Your experiment is scientific homework well done and the research contribution is most likely welcomed by archaeologists in general.

J.