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bladup Sep 4, 2012 14:17:45
Replying to harestonesdown

harestonesdown wrote:
bladup wrote:
harestonesdown wrote:
I believe the polisher isn't in it's original location but was moved there from.............Well i don't really know but that's what i was told. :)

TJJ, Yes, The avenue stone would have been impossible to work in it's current position.

There's also several polishing marks in the West Kennett longbarrow, Some obvious, Some not so, Until you touch them.

I believe there are several dozen more documented (in the Avebury area) but i can't remember the source.

Go and sit at the polisher in the avenue and pretend to polish, it's perfect where it is, the fyfield downs polisher was stood up as well and the main polisher outside the second chamber on the left in west kennet is stood up as well, 3 stones, all polishers and all were stood up when used, honestly just go sit at the 2 still stood up and you'll see what i mean, .
With respect i can't disagree more, Having spent many hours by the polisher and the WKLB examples, And a fair bit of time by the WKA one.
I 100% believe in use they would have been recumbent. Using them erect would be quite pointless and the toil would have been extra tortuous, Imo.
The fyfield polisher was proven to be stood up and the other two are up, you think they were laid down then put up, so you think the fyfield one was down then put up and then pulled down again, this is a lot of activity in the middle of nowhere!!, sounds like you once read that in a book and you just believe it, i know someone who makes stone axes the ancient way and told me it would be very hard to do if they were laid down [ like the fyfield one - which was proved to be stood up ] but the two stood up ones were perfect for it, as are his axes, i will believe him any day over you [ because of practical proof ], he makes them, do you? i think you are wrong i'm afraid, plus highly polished stone axes are the age of avebury, before avebury was built, the axes round there didn't tend to be so highly polished, this also backs up the theory that the marks were caused while stood up.

R Rhiannon
Rhiannon Sep 4, 2012 14:22:09
Replying to bladup

Your mate polishes his axes whilst standing up? That clearly settles it then, that must be what they did in the neolithic if your mate does it.

E Evergreen Dazed
Evergreen Dazed Sep 4, 2012 14:23:08
Replying to bladup

bladup wrote:
harestonesdown wrote:
bladup wrote:
harestonesdown wrote:
I believe the polisher isn't in it's original location but was moved there from.............Well i don't really know but that's what i was told. :)

TJJ, Yes, The avenue stone would have been impossible to work in it's current position.

There's also several polishing marks in the West Kennett longbarrow, Some obvious, Some not so, Until you touch them.

I believe there are several dozen more documented (in the Avebury area) but i can't remember the source.

Go and sit at the polisher in the avenue and pretend to polish, it's perfect where it is, the fyfield downs polisher was stood up as well and the main polisher outside the second chamber on the left in west kennet is stood up as well, 3 stones, all polishers and all were stood up when used, honestly just go sit at the 2 still stood up and you'll see what i mean, .
With respect i can't disagree more, Having spent many hours by the polisher and the WKLB examples, And a fair bit of time by the WKA one.
I 100% believe in use they would have been recumbent. Using them erect would be quite pointless and the toil would have been extra tortuous, Imo.
The fyfield polisher was proven to be stood up and the other two are up, what are you talking about? you've got it in your head it's the other way round, i know someone who makes stone axes the ancient way and told me it would be very hard to do if they were laid down [ like the fyfield one - which was proved to be stood up ] but the two stood up ones were perfect for it, as are his axes, i will believe him anyday over you [ because of practical proof ], he makes them do you? you are wrong!
The stone may have stood but it doesn't prove it was being used as a polisher at that time, obviously.

H harestonesdown
harestonesdown Sep 4, 2012 18:54:33
Replying to bladup

bladup wrote:
The fyfield polisher was proven to be stood up
Could you show me where. ?

bladup wrote:
sounds like you once read that in a book and you just believe it, .
How very patronising. !
How do you come to such an assumption. ?
It's incorrect btw, my opinion is based upon visits to the site, and common sense.

T tiompan
tiompan Sep 4, 2012 19:18:49
Replying to bladup

bladup wrote:
highly polished stone axes are the age of avebury, before avebury axes didn't tend to be so highly polished, this also backs up the theory that the marks were caused while stood up.
Avebury dates from circa 2600 BC ,the highly polished jadeite axes e.g. Sweet Track is dated approx 3200 BC