[SunkenCiv]

'More important than Stonehenge': The temple precinct being uncovered in Orkney contains 100 Stone Age buildings

Big draw: Britain's earliest examples of artwork have been found on the walls at the Orkney site

[ItsOurTimeNow]

“Can I raise a practical question at this point? Are we gonna do ‘Stonehenge’ tomorrow?”

[SharpRightTurn]

Good report. Thanks, SunkenCiv.

[mass55th]

Just downloaded a recent program regarding this discovery from a UK torrent site. Haven’t watched it yet, but I’m sure it will be interesting.

[tumblindice]

‘This site is a one-off.’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zssp5RlxnM&feature=related

[BobL]

That is a really CRAPPY climate up there...kudos to those guys for surviving - 5000 years ago.

[Cicero]

I sailed around the Isle of Mull with my British cousins, a number of years ago, and visited a number of the smaller islands. It was pretty cold and rainy, but very beautiful. I must say, I think the Orkneys are a bit far north for my liking.

[truth_seeker]

So am I correct these are people who predated the Celtic waves into the British Isles?

Were they Picts?

Or wideranging North Germanics straying from Norway, etc.?

Or something else?

[dog breath]

There is usually some genetic material absorbed from earlier populations for invaders don't always bring all that many women with them. Attractive women were a valuable as a commodity in most historical societies. You see that even in North America where Indian tribes were killing the warriors of their enemy but capturing the women as a prize. There seems to be an endless assortment of peoples tracking across Europe for various reasons but whether anybody is related to the folks who built these ruins isn't as important as that they were building things like this in early Europe. Thanks for posting this.

[garjog]

[Wild Berry]

The temp of that island may have been quite different then. Greenland used to be green. I am sure Orkney was warm once. They may have lived on a warmer Orkney than what we know today.

[Graewoulf]

Great Thread! Thanks!

[SueRae]

Wow. Thanks for these continued postings, Civ. I would love nothing more than to be able to retire...and spend the rest of my days as a volunteer, digging in the dirt on a site like this.

[JohnG45]

It's an archaeologist's dream site.

Hey, it's a new opportunity for archeologists to make stuff up.