If it proves to be so that the holes always had some kind of stone placed in them and no wood at any time, the audio tracks in the hand-helds there will have to be updated!
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Posted on 08/06/2020 9:41:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeological excavations in the Perdigões complex, in the Évora district, have identified "a unique structure in the Prehistory of the iberian Peninsula", Era -Arqueologia announced.
Speaking to the Lusa agency, the archaeologist in charge, António Valera, said that it was "a monumental wooden construction, of which the foundations remain, with a circular plan and more than 20 metres in diameter".
it is "a ceremonial construction", a type of structure only known in Central Europe and the British isles, according to the archaeologist, with the designations as 'Woodhenge', "wooden versions of Stonehenge", or 'Timber Circles' (wooden circles).
The structure now identified is located in the centre of the large complex of ditch enclosures in Perdigões and "articulates with the visibility of the megalithic landscape that extends between the site and the elevation of Monsaraz, located to the east, on the horizon".
"A possible access to the interior of this structure is oriented towards the summer solstice, reinforcing its cosmological character", said Valera, stressing that "this situation is also known in other European countries as 'woodhenges' and 'timber circles', where astronomical alignment entrances are frequent, underlining the close relationship between these architectures and the Neolithic views of the world "...
This site has been excavated for 23 years by the company and has brought together collaborations from various institutions and national and foreign researchers.
The site has a chronology of about 1400 years, since the end of the Middle Neolithic (around 3400 BC) and the beginning of the Bronze Age (around 2000 BC).
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I always liked the song Bad Company by the group Bad Company on their first album, Bad Company.
Gotta love recursion!
Oh, I know of that mistake. I had never considered it to be a lintel from an older structure. Wow. That’s a thought!
The usual explanation -- that the people doing the work had tried to carve the stone in a way that the supervisor had not told them to -- could also very easily be correct. :^)
If it proves to be so that the holes always had some kind of stone placed in them and no wood at any time, the audio tracks in the hand-helds there will have to be updated!
FReegards!
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