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Source of Stonehenge Bluestone Rocks Identified
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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 80039" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #80ff00"><em><strong>Source of Stonehenge Bluestone Rocks Identified</strong></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #80ff00"></span></span></p><p><img src="http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2014_09/207176/140224-stonehenge-view-340p_7a48ce2666ab510e49fbd5178187916e.nbcnews-ux-800-520.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>LEON NEAL / AFP/Getty Images</p><p></p><p>There's little doubt that Stonehenge near Amesbury in south west England is an engineering marvel, but debate about where the stones have come from has raged for decades.</p><p></p><p>Scientists have found the exact source of Stonehenge's smaller bluestones, new research suggests.</p><p></p><p>The stones' rock composition revealed they come from a nearby outcropping, located about 1.8 miles (3 kilometers) away from the site originally proposed as the source of such rocks nearly a century ago. The discovery of the rock's origin, in turn, could help archaeologists one day unlock the mystery of how the stones got to <a href="http://www.livescience.com/22427-stonehenge-facts.html" target="_blank">Stonehenge</a>.</p><p></p><p>The work "locates the exact sources of the stones, which highlight areas where archaeologists can search for evidence of the human working of the stones," said geologist and study co-author Richard Bevins of the National Museum of Wales. [<a href="http://www.livescience.com/20038-stonehenge-gallery-ancient-mystery.html" target="_blank">In Photos: A Walk Through Stonehenge</a>]</p><p></p><p>In the new study, the team looked at the minerals, such as <a href="http://www.livescience.com/29194-chromium.html" target="_blank">chromium</a>, <a href="http://www.livescience.com/29327-nickel.html" target="_blank">nickel</a>, magnesium oxide and iron oxide, which are part of the crystallizing structures forming in the original magma. The researchers found that at least 55 percent of the dolerite bluestones came from a location, known as Carn Goedog, which is farther north than the location Thomas had proposed in 1923, and about 140 miles (225 km) away from Stonehenge, Bevins said.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2014_09/207181/stonehenge-rocks_d3262983ae31e21fea3d8d5be14630ed.nbcnews-ux-800-520.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Richard Bevins</p><p></p><p>Potential and newly proposed sources of the bluestones found at Stonehenge.</p><p>The new findings raise more questions than answers about how the rocks could have made it to Stonehenge.</p><p></p><p>But pinpointing the exact location of the stones' origins could help archaeologists looking for other evidence of ancient human handiwork near the area, which could then shed light on the transportation method, Bevins said.</p><p></p><p>"For example, if we could determine with confidence that the stones had been worked by humans in <a href="http://www.livescience.com/40071-neolithic-bow-and-arrow-revealed-in-melting-snow.html" target="_blank">Neolithic times</a>, then the ice-transport theory would be refuted," Bevins said.</p><p></p><p>The findings were published in the February issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><em>-Tia Ghose, LiveScience</em></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 80039, member: 13"] [SIZE=7][COLOR=#80ff00][I][B]Source of Stonehenge Bluestone Rocks Identified[/B][/I] [I][B][/B][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE] [IMG]http://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2014_09/207176/140224-stonehenge-view-340p_7a48ce2666ab510e49fbd5178187916e.nbcnews-ux-800-520.jpg[/IMG] LEON NEAL / AFP/Getty Images There's little doubt that Stonehenge near Amesbury in south west England is an engineering marvel, but debate about where the stones have come from has raged for decades. Scientists have found the exact source of Stonehenge's smaller bluestones, new research suggests. The stones' rock composition revealed they come from a nearby outcropping, located about 1.8 miles (3 kilometers) away from the site originally proposed as the source of such rocks nearly a century ago. The discovery of the rock's origin, in turn, could help archaeologists one day unlock the mystery of how the stones got to [URL='http://www.livescience.com/22427-stonehenge-facts.html']Stonehenge[/URL]. The work "locates the exact sources of the stones, which highlight areas where archaeologists can search for evidence of the human working of the stones," said geologist and study co-author Richard Bevins of the National Museum of Wales. [[URL='http://www.livescience.com/20038-stonehenge-gallery-ancient-mystery.html']In Photos: A Walk Through Stonehenge[/URL]] In the new study, the team looked at the minerals, such as [URL='http://www.livescience.com/29194-chromium.html']chromium[/URL], [URL='http://www.livescience.com/29327-nickel.html']nickel[/URL], magnesium oxide and iron oxide, which are part of the crystallizing structures forming in the original magma. The researchers found that at least 55 percent of the dolerite bluestones came from a location, known as Carn Goedog, which is farther north than the location Thomas had proposed in 1923, and about 140 miles (225 km) away from Stonehenge, Bevins said. [IMG]http://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2014_09/207181/stonehenge-rocks_d3262983ae31e21fea3d8d5be14630ed.nbcnews-ux-800-520.jpg[/IMG] Richard Bevins Potential and newly proposed sources of the bluestones found at Stonehenge. The new findings raise more questions than answers about how the rocks could have made it to Stonehenge. But pinpointing the exact location of the stones' origins could help archaeologists looking for other evidence of ancient human handiwork near the area, which could then shed light on the transportation method, Bevins said. "For example, if we could determine with confidence that the stones had been worked by humans in [URL='http://www.livescience.com/40071-neolithic-bow-and-arrow-revealed-in-melting-snow.html']Neolithic times[/URL], then the ice-transport theory would be refuted," Bevins said. The findings were published in the February issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science. [SIZE=4][B][I]-Tia Ghose, LiveScience[/I][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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