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tiompan Jun 24, 2009 11:41:58
Replying to tonyh

tonyh wrote:
Personaly, I don't think that the glaciation theory should be judged on whether large stone can be or have been moved by Human effect.

The question is, could they have been moved by glaciation? I haven't read anything that shows not so far. Probability? difficult to say really, but can't see any reason to dismiss the idea.

Tony

To ignore the possibility of glaciation is as daft as to ignoring human effort /ingenuity . Unfortunately the Williams etc paper showed that the proponents of glaciation have ignored or were unaware of the examples of effort /ingenuity in Britain .

N nigelswift
nigelswift Jun 24, 2009 12:01:11
Replying to tiompan

Unfortunately the Williams etc paper showed that the proponents of glaciation have ignored or were unaware of the examples of effort /ingenuity in Britain

Indeed. Of which there have been a whole series stretching over many decades. I wonder if the fact many of them were amateur efforts and therefore didn't make it into "the literature" has something to do with it?

On the other hand quite a gaggle of well known archaeologists were at Foamhenge and some even had a go with both the oars and ropes so maybe the climate will change as a result. Mike Pitts has already mentioned rowing as a possibility.

Like you say, the jury's quite rightly out on the issue and saying one explanation is more likely by default because the other is unlikely isn't on. It's got to be 50-50 I'd have thought.

T tonyh
tonyh Jun 24, 2009 14:29:40
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
tonyh wrote:
Personaly, I don't think that the glaciation theory should be judged on whether large stone can be or have been moved by Human effect.

The question is, could they have been moved by glaciation? I haven't read anything that shows not so far. Probability? difficult to say really, but can't see any reason to dismiss the idea.

Tony

To ignore the possibility of glaciation is as daft as to ignoring human effort /ingenuity . Unfortunately the Williams etc paper showed that the proponents of glaciation have ignored or were unaware of the examples of effort /ingenuity in Britain .
I must admit to being open minded about the transportation of the Blue Stones In the fact that I'm not really completely 'sold' on any of the theories.

Tony