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Scientists announce Stonehenge discovery: We know why it was built | The Bunsen Burner
The headline is odd, since of course they don't KNOW, they're just floating a new theory.
The headline is odd, since of course they don't KNOW, they're just floating a new theory.
Dismissing fanciful claims that Stonehenges origins require exotic explanation, such as alien or Egyptian influence, Parker Pearson explains that Stonehenges characteristics are clearly appropriate to its time and place.
All the architectural influences for Stonehenge can be found in previous monuments and buildings within Britain, with origins in Wales and Scotland. In fact, Britains Neolithic people were isolated from the rest of Europe for centuries. Britain may have become unified but there was no interest in interacting with people across the Channel. Stonehenge appears to have been the last gasp of this Stone Age culture, which was isolated from Europe and from the new technologies of metal tools and the wheel, Parker Pearson says.
The team noted that such a massive undertaking at the time would have required vast resources and thousands of workers. The researchers say the vast resources required to build the monument would have likely served as a unifying force among the people in the area.