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StoneGloves Jun 5, 2009 08:06:52

Replying to nigelswift

Yes, I have a hammerstone. It was ritually deposited and has never been used. Brand new! A person would need to have twice the strength of a modern person to do anything useful with it. The copper mine I talk about sometime has sections of the roof with identifiable hammered out sections.

Something else I noticed about the Stonehenge special - they didn't mention Darvill and Wainwright at all. The new construction sequence fits, but. And they were too down on Atkinson - who, at least, dug in the right places.

nigelswift Jun 5, 2009 09:12:35

Replying to StoneGloves

"And they were too down on Atkinson - who, at least, dug in the right places."

Aw come on, digging in the right places and not telling anyone what you destroyed or removed is pure cultural vandalism isn't it? Who else does that? Ah, I know.... ;)

Littlestone Jun 5, 2009 11:42:36

Replying to StoneGloves

And they were too down on Atkinson - who, at least, dug in the right places.

You are talking about Stonehenge here Mr S aren't you (and not Silbury ;-)

Actually, I was quite taken aback by TR's very strong comment about Atkinson (first time I've heard it said publicly in such a way) and wondered if it was his own idea or something he'd got from discussions with the archeos.

Need to watch the prog again but was happy at the mention of pigs being fed on something sweet. Like wot some of us have been saying for a long time, the tradition of Wiltshire honey roast ham probably started way back in the Neolithic ;-)

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