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[–]slushpilot 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Cool. I do wish these articles went into a little more detail though.

A (single) sarsen core sample, extracted during conservation work in the late 1950s when metal rods were inserted to stabilize a cracked megalith, provided crucial information.

The researchers analyzed fragments of the sample - destructive testing being off limits for megaliths at the site

That fingerprint matched sandstone still at West Woods and all but two of the Stonehenge sarsens.

I just don't understand how they made this determination:

  1. Single core sample
  2. Matches all but two of 52 sarsens

How??

[–]Vigte[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

By the power of PH.D! (appeal to authority mixed with willful ignorance/assumptions that all of them are the same).

That's what I figure at least.