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VicP V
VicP May 21, 2008 18:02:06

what do people think of Mike Parker Pearson's theories of Stonehenge and Durrington Walls as being linked and part of neolithic funery rites? Basically that it was one of the largest religious complexes in the world at that time?

Nat Geo Channel are doing a special 2 hour doc about these theories and the Riverside Project excavations soon - http://www.natgeotv.com/stonehenge.

Interesting...especially at the time that Davill's excavations are also still going on inside Stonehenge circle itself?

M megadread
megadread May 21, 2008 18:29:13
Replying to VicP

that should be on the sci-fi channel

V Vybik Jon
Vybik Jon May 21, 2008 18:44:39
Replying to VicP

A decent enough piece of later Hawkwind.

T The Eternal
The Eternal May 21, 2008 21:04:25
Replying to VicP

VicP,
I find the idea of the funeral procession from Durrington Walls to Stonehenge, via the Avon, to be plausible. The theory of the wooden monuments being for those of the living, and the stone monument being that of the dead has a certain logic about it.
It would also explain the role of the Avenue as a processionary approach to Stonehenge, towards the "Altar Stone", i.e. towards the receptive trilithon horseshoe, and towards the midwinter sunset, the darkest time of the year, representing death.
It's only an opinion, but that's what makes archaeology great, the fact that we can all have our opinions without knowing we are 100% correct, and makes for good, interesting debate.
Regards,
TE.

N nix
nix May 23, 2008 09:12:35
Replying to VicP

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lQvTim8Z4D8

(ok, so they were out by a factor of 10)