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Scientists find origin source of larger Stonehenge pieces
submitted 3 years ago by Vigte from ca.news.yahoo.com
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[–]slushpilot 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (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.
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:
How??
[–]Vigte[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (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.
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