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Martin 19-09-2014 13.44.53

Re: Stonehenge
 
On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:00:11 +0100, Mike Swift <mike.swift@yeton.co.uk> wrote:
[color=blue]
>In article <1ls7aca.3qfzrw115aww0N%Howard.not@home.com>, Howard
><Howard.not@home.com> writes[color=green]
>>Fascinating program in parts but infested with romantisisatin and rampant
>>nationalistic speculation delivered as fact. Why can't these archeologists be
>>more like scientists and less like self promoters.[/color]
>
>Indeed, a good programme not ruined but approaching comedy, the chap
>dressed like a native American made me smile, I half expected The Long
>Ranger to ride over the horizon.
>
>I agree they make some huge guesses about its use, what's wrong with it
>being some sort of market/parliament, why religious, I timed it last
>week, it was about 20 minutes in before votive offering was mentioned.[/color]

I wish archeologists would stick to the facts and not attribute everything to
religious ceremonies. The evidence for human sacrifice was flimsy. You could
just as well say that Richard III was killed in a human sacrifice.
The claims that only children could have done the decoration of a dagger handle,
turned out to be the opinion of a nano artist, who said that it had to be made
by people who were under 21, not just children. Not sure where he got 21 from my
eyesight changed to the point where I needed reading glasses, when I was in my
early forties. The long palisade was interesting. How could they know that some
of the posts were seven metres high. The explanation of what it was for was
laughable
--

Martin in Zuid Holland




Mike Swift 19-09-2014 13.59.40

Re: Stonehenge
 
In article <mi1o1ap5uk2hgv26fhv13ikg6ua425gl2a@4ax.com>, Martin
<me@address.invalid> writes[color=blue]
>I wish archeologists would stick to the facts and not attribute everything to
>religious ceremonies. The evidence for human sacrifice was flimsy. You
>could just as well say that Richard III was killed in a human sacrifice. The
>claims that only children could have done the decoration of a dagger
>handle, turned out to be the opinion of a nano artist, who said that it had to
>be made by people who were under 21, not just children. Not sure where he
>got 21 from my eyesight changed to the point where I needed reading
>glasses, when I was in my early forties. The long palisade was interesting.
>How could they know that some of the posts were seven metres high. The
>explanation of what it was for was laughable[/color]

The palisade was simple, it was the stone age equivalent of the Berlin
or Israeli walls to keep the tribe next door out :-)

Mike

--
Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire Halvard Lange

Martin 19-09-2014 14.18.28

Re: Stonehenge
 
On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:59:40 +0100, Mike Swift <mike.swift@yeton.co.uk> wrote:
[color=blue]
>In article <mi1o1ap5uk2hgv26fhv13ikg6ua425gl2a@4ax.com>, Martin
><me@address.invalid> writes[color=green]
>>I wish archeologists would stick to the facts and not attribute everything to
>>religious ceremonies. The evidence for human sacrifice was flimsy. You
>>could just as well say that Richard III was killed in a human sacrifice. The
>>claims that only children could have done the decoration of a dagger
>>handle, turned out to be the opinion of a nano artist, who said that it had to
>>be made by people who were under 21, not just children. Not sure where he
>>got 21 from my eyesight changed to the point where I needed reading
>>glasses, when I was in my early forties. The long palisade was interesting.
>>How could they know that some of the posts were seven metres high. The
>>explanation of what it was for was laughable[/color]
>
>The palisade was simple, it was the stone age equivalent of the Berlin
>or Israeli walls to keep the tribe next door out :-)[/color]

The difference is that the palisade had ends. There's nothing to stop somebody
entering Stonehenge by avoiding the palisade. It is similar to Maginot line.
Lines don't stop people.
--

Martin in Zuid Holland




Bill 19-09-2014 14.32.59

Re: Stonehenge
 
On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:44:53 +0200, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:

[color=blue]
>I wish archeologists would stick to the facts and not attribute everything to
>religious ceremonies.[/color]

There's an old joke amongst museum curatorial staff in the UK.

"When an archeologist finds something and doesn't know what it is then
it's invariably described as either 'Horse furniture' or 'a ritual
object'..."

Mike Swift 19-09-2014 15.55.31

Re: Stonehenge
 
In article <p24o1atqsoor4pljnim1adnu7dcs6uip29@4ax.com>, Martin
<me@address.invalid> writes[color=blue][color=green]
>>The palisade was simple, it was the stone age equivalent of the Berlin
>>or Israeli walls to keep the tribe next door out :-)[/color]
>
>The difference is that the palisade had ends. There's nothing to stop
>somebody entering Stonehenge by avoiding the palisade. It is similar to
>Maginot line. Lines don't stop people.[/color]

I was joking.

Mike

--
Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire Halvard Lange

GordonD 21-09-2014 12.33.55

Re: Stonehenge
 

"Bill" wrote in message news:hv4o1advbvn6m3uoopecmk6ke5oorifhc6@4ax.com...

On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:44:53 +0200, Martin <me@address.invalid> wrote:

[color=blue]
>I wish archeologists would stick to the facts and not attribute everything
>to
>religious ceremonies.[/color]

There's an old joke amongst museum curatorial staff in the UK.

"When an archeologist finds something and doesn't know what it is then
it's invariably described as either 'Horse furniture' or 'a ritual
object'..."

=============================

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us[/url]
--
Gordon Davie
Edinburgh, Scotland


Martin 22-09-2014 11.07.04

Re: Stonehenge
 
On Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:55:31 +0100, Mike Swift <mike.swift@yeton.co.uk> wrote:
[color=blue]
>In article <p24o1atqsoor4pljnim1adnu7dcs6uip29@4ax.com>, Martin
><me@address.invalid> writes[color=green][color=darkred]
>>>The palisade was simple, it was the stone age equivalent of the Berlin
>>>or Israeli walls to keep the tribe next door out :-)[/color]
>>
>>The difference is that the palisade had ends. There's nothing to stop
>>somebody entering Stonehenge by avoiding the palisade. It is similar to
>>Maginot line. Lines don't stop people.[/color]
>
>I was joking.
>
>Mike[/color]

Of course, but they weren't.
--

Martin in Zuid Holland





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