![]() ![]() "It also shows that most of them have had bits chipped off them and some have been reduced to stumps by removals exactly as we suggested was the case," he added.īut according to Mike Parker Pearson, the enigmatic stone circle had nothing to do with sickness and diseases. The presence of a large number of human remains in tombs near Stonehenge showing physical injury and disease and analysis of teeth reveal that around half of the corpses were not native to the Stonehenge area and suggested Stonehenge served as a center for healing, said the archaeologists.Īttracted by the powers of the bluestones, the sick and injured would have come to the site from far away."The new work indirectly supports the healing hypothesis as it shows the importance of the stones from Wales," Darvill said. It also produced a large number of bluestone chippings, as if people flaked them off to create little amulet bits. ![]() The dig unearthed about 100 pieces of organic material from the original bluestone sockets and provided the most accurate dating for their erection, pinpointing the bluestone construction to 2300 B.C. In 2008, Darvill and Wainwright excavated a small patch of earth at Stonehenge. ![]() Then, respond to the questions that follow. ![]()
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