Experts Uncover Series of Stonehenge Mystery Monuments that Could Reveal Secrets of the Past - The Independent

Some archaeological surprises changing how we look at the past--and producing more questions in the process. The first large-scale application of a new technology has located literally thousands of "vast circular holes" in the Stonehenge landscape. They were created during three major archaeological periods spanning over 5,000 years and are "baffling archaeologists." Some of these rock-cut basins may have been animal traps; others are thought to have had "ritual purposes," says David Keys. Interestingly, Callum McKelvie informs that instead of being "non-functional ceremonial objects," Bronze Age 'Grave Daggers' were Actually Used to Butcher Animals. "[A] new analysis method" on ten daggers found five years ago at an Italian site indicated they had prosaic functions. More surprises as Katie Hunt warns Medieval Feasts Looked Very Different from What Pop Culture Might Suggest, Study Says. Collagen research similar to that involved with the Italian daggers suggests that movies and tv series featuring massive meat consumption by Anglo-Saxon royalty and general nobility at banquets may be woefully inaccurate. Even more importantly(!), a co-author of this discovery's publication says "a lot of ordinary farmers must have been there, and this has big political implications." (WM)

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