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Stonehenge Research Paper

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Stonehenge has always been questioned for what it is by people around the world for generations. What is it? what does it represent? Who built it? Was it aliens? Ok, maybe not the last question, but even today there are many different ideas for what it was used for. Just recently, at a site called Blick Mead, David Jacques, an archaeologist at the University of Buckingham, discovered a house that could be one of England’s earliest, dating back to 4,300 B.C.. The area of Blick Mead is about a mile from Stonehenge. Even though when this house was in use, Stonehenge was not even close to becoming erected, it still plays a role in Stonehenge. Stonehenge is the most iconic monument and is listed as one of the wonders of the world, but it is …show more content…

Durrington Walls is a circular structure about 1,600 feet in diameter and according to Michael Parker Pearson, of University College of London, may have been the place where the builders of the largest part of construction on Stonehenge may have lived around 2,600 B.C.. Dr. Parker Pearson believes that Durrington Walls was the “land of the living, symbolized by the timbers of Woodhenge, while Stonehenge was the land of the dead. He believes early Britons gathered at Durrington Walls to feast and then proceeded to Stonehenge to honor their ancestors.” (Chang, 2015) His evidence at Durrington Walls shows that the people who lived there were eating quite well. With fatty acid residue found inside the cooking pots, the researchers can tell that they had boiled and grilled beef and pork, a wide variety of nuts and berries including apples and hazelnuts. Dr. Parker Pearson had his idea of what occurred between Durrington Walls and Stonehenge, but Dr. Timothy Darvill of Bournemouth University believes something very different. A small excavation in 2008 at Stonehenge was conducted by Dr. Darvill. He believes that Stonehenge once may have been the “land of the dead” but may have progressed into the land of the healing. People came from long ways away seeking

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