jueves, 11 de octubre de 2012

Magic Power of the Bluestones of Stonehenge


By Maev Kennedy. The Guardian, Tuesday 23 September 2008



This article is about Bluestone in Stonehenge, this term designee to all of the foreign stone at Stonehenge. The Professors Tim Darvill and Geoffrey Wainwright, archaeologist are dig this site, thinks that the bluestones in Stonehenge are an evidence of the healing power of this stones, because, they are brought from south Wale, to 150 miles of distance. In this way, they argue that this magic power is explained by the huge human effort inverted in this work. 

A few of evidence about the magic use of the bluestones, was been the find of the 2 pieces of this stone, broken in many fragments, and this fragments was using for talismans. The bluestones circle was dating in 2.300 B.C. by samples of organics remains. But, the world famous profile of the monuments, was created in 1.900 B.C. after a systematic movement of the stones. However, charcoal fragments was dating recently around 7.000 B.C. 

Another evidence of the magic power or use of the bluestones, are many humans bodies found it, this bodies evidence many marks about illness, this suggest that this persons was arrive to this place for a cure.  

They think that Stonehenge was a multifunctional place, was using as a calendar, for the solstices, and as an ancestral worship. 

One rival theory suggests that the stones are move by glacial force, and they are not evidence of human occupation. But, Darvill and Wainwright, completely defeat this theory.

1 comentario:

  1. I would totally reject the idea of a glacial movement of the rocks and support the thesis for a more symbolic meaning of these bluestones for the people at that times, specially because in my article the autors said that those stones had manufacture and wear marks which it's indicative of the human transport of them.

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