Did humans transport Stonehenge rocks further than previously thought?

Scientists have pinpointed the exact source of many of the rocks used to build Stonehenge.

Carn Goedog (Image: Richard Bevins)

A new study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, suggests that the site researchers had previously thought was the starting place of many of Stonehenge's rocks may not have been the source after all. Instead, it looks like the rocks actually come from a different site three kilometres away.

The findings, bring into question the long-standing theory that people transported the rocks from Wales to Wiltshire in order to build the monument.

The research focused on the smaller stones at Stonehenge, called bluestones. The chemistry of these rocks varies, but they all originate from the Preseli Hills in Wales and are thought to have been transported to the Stonehenge site over 4000 years ago.[...] planetearth.nerc.ac.uk


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Un nuevo estudio, publicado en el Journal of Archaeological Science, sugiere que el lugar que los investigadores habían considerado hasta ahora el origen de muchas de las rocas de Stonehenge podría no serlo después de todo. En su lugar, parece que las rocas provienen en realidad de un emplazamiento diferente, a tres kilómetros del primero...