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The bluestone debate

tiompan Dec 15, 2008 16:37:19

Replying to mountainman

mountainman wrote:

"The recumbent at Old Keig could be an erratic but if it is, it had been quarried before glaciation and would therefore be a unique example of Paleolithic masonry ."

Sorry -- not with you on that one. Kindly explain.

The recumbent was quarried . If it was an erratic too then the quarying would have had to have been pre Holocene and therefore before any evidence of human habitation/quarrying in that area .

mountainman Dec 16, 2008 15:40:03

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

mountainman wrote:

"The recumbent at Old Keig could be an erratic but if it is, it had been quarried before glaciation and would therefore be a unique example of Paleolithic masonry ."

Sorry -- not with you on that one. Kindly explain.

The recumbent was quarried . If it was an erratic too then the quarying would have had to have been pre Holocene and therefore before any evidence of human habitation/quarrying in that area .

You appear to be very certain on this point. Come on -- give us your evidence that it was quarried by man and not by ice. (Ice quarries blocks too -- it's rather good at it.)

mountainman Dec 17, 2008 13:42:32

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

mountainman wrote:

"The recumbent at Old Keig could be an erratic but if it is, it had been quarried before glaciation and would therefore be a unique example of Paleolithic masonry ."

Sorry -- not with you on that one. Kindly explain.

The recumbent was quarried . If it was an erratic too then the quarying would have had to have been pre Holocene and therefore before any evidence of human habitation/quarrying in that area .

Sorry -- your certainty is impressive, but I still don't follow you and am still waiting for you to explain....