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Rupert Soskin wrote:
Well, to echo the overall point... I had quite a fight in getting the bloodsports theory into the book Standing With Stones as the persistant view is that henges were temples.
We sent a copy of the film to the Time Team crew and within months they had made their own version of our Stanton Drew segment putting the possibility of bloodsports at Woodhenge.

I think it's like dominoes... the stubborn closed minds will fall eventually, it just takes a couple of louder voices. Apparently we on the outside of the archeo establishment are 'nobodies' with no right to opse theories outside our remit.

Keep fighting the good fight I say!

Rupert I don't know your'e theory re bloodsports .Could you explain please ?

Buy the dvd, George! ;^)

love

Moth

"Rupert I don't know your'e theory re bloodsports .Could you explain please ?"

Echoing Moth, the CD is excellent, have'nt got the book though, almost said something last night but luckily I was too tired to give the game away. But if you know Stanton Drew with its blood-coloured stones (iron stained) and what stood there before you might get a clue. Bit like Kit Carson's book on the hunt for the 'golden hare', completely impossible clues ;)...

tiompan wrote:
Rupert Soskin wrote:
Well, to echo the overall point... I had quite a fight in getting the bloodsports theory into the book Standing With Stones as the persistant view is that henges were temples.
We sent a copy of the film to the Time Team crew and within months they had made their own version of our Stanton Drew segment putting the possibility of bloodsports at Woodhenge.

I think it's like dominoes... the stubborn closed minds will fall eventually, it just takes a couple of louder voices. Apparently we on the outside of the archeo establishment are 'nobodies' with no right to opse theories outside our remit.

Keep fighting the good fight I say!

Rupert I don't know your'e theory re bloodsports .Could you explain please ?
Not wishing to do Rupert and Michael out of a few more copies being sold, but Mr Bott posted this to youtube, so I presume its ok ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulpQqzO2EFA