Before Stonehenge monuments, hunter-gatherers made use of open habitats

Phys dot org ^ | April 27, 2022 | Public Library of Science

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The authors combine pollen, spores, sedimentary DNA, and animal remains to characterize the pre-Neolithic habitat of the site, inferring partially open woodland conditions, which would have been beneficial to large grazing herbivores like aurochs, as well as hunter-gatherer communities. This study supports previous evidence that the Stonehenge region was not covered in closed canopy forest at this time, as has previously been proposed.

This study also provides date estimates for human activity at Blick Mead. Results indicate that hunter-gatherers used this site for 4,000 years up until the time of the earliest known farmers and monument-builders in the region, who would also have benefited from the space provided in open environments. These results indicate that the first farmers and monument-builders in the Stonehenge area encountered open habitats already maintained and used by large grazers and earlier human populations.

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A) Timeline of the Stonehenge landscape, including radiocarbon dates from Blick Mead and other significant Stonehenge World Heritage Archaeological Sites. B) A representation of the development of vegetation history at Blick Mead based on the palaeoenvironmental data.

Credit: Hudson et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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https://www.livescience.com/stonehenge-ancient-hunting-ground

[SunkenCiv]

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[Lurker]

So what they’re saying is that before they built structures ancient people lived out in the open.

Whodathunkit.

L

[SunkenCiv]

Considering the megalithic activity, I'd say this is nice to have verified, but surely can't come as a surprise.

[Sacajaweau]

People aren’t that stupid...They made some kind of shelter....even if they had to dig into a hill....

[ProtectOurFreedom]

... evidence that the Stonehenge region was not covered in closed canopy forest at this time

"Hey, Og! Let's build our huge stone structure in the woods!"

[dfwgator]

[SunkenCiv]

;^) The earliest known structures are evidenced by their post-holes, and are 100s of 1000s of years old.

Let's Go to Flatland - The Big Bang Theory
Dec 11, 2011 | YoureInMySpotFBPAGE

[nicollo]

Those damned farmers came in an ruined everything.

I’m ever in a state of dismayed awe at historians who rail against European colonization but remain utterly clueless of the same dynamics across global human history.

[SunkenCiv]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1So-iScCw5g

[nicollo]

LOL!

damned Sodbusters

[youngidiot]

Most of the megalithic ruins, including the pyramids, were used to generate energy. The sun activated things. We’re completely wrong about them worshiping the summer solstice bs.

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[BenLurkin]

“The Coneybury Anomaly is around 1.4 kilometres east-by-southeast of the Stonehenge monument, which can be seen from the site. There are extensive views south-east across the Avon valley, and west towards Normanton Down. The pit is not obvious on the ground and was discovered as a geophysical anomaly (hence the name) as part of the excavations of the Coneybury Henge, which is some 12 metres south-west of the Anomaly.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coneybury_Anomaly#Location

[Sirius Lee]

People aren’t that stupid...They made some kind of shelter....

Yup. Nomads/hunter-gatherers tend to take their shelters/tents with them. They don't have to be fancy. Sticks and some skins.

[SunkenCiv]

Thx. Wiltshre was where the action was.

[moovova]

Blick mead...

[moovova]

Oops, my bad...wrong link...

Blick mead...

[minnesota_bound]

#1 graphic. Where are the housing developments?