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4,000-year-old 'shaman' burial near Stonehenge has a golden secret
livescience.com ^ | https://www.livescience.com/4000-year-old-shaman-burial-near-stonehenge#:~:text=Tom%20Metcalfe,publi

Posted on 12/16/2022 9:23:11 AM PST by BenLurkin

Stone tools found in a 4,000-year-old grave near Stonehenge have traces of gold on their surfaces that indicate they were used to fashion gold ornaments.

In 1801, archaeologists found the assemblage of Bronze Age artifacts, including the stone tools, in a barrow or burial mound from about 1800 B.C. near the village of Upton Lovell, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Stonehenge.

The assemblage(opens in new tab) includes flint axes, a necklace of beads of polished stone and dozens of bone points — possibly from another necklace and the fringe of a garment. The collection, which is now on display at the Wiltshire Museum in the town of Devizes, was interpreted at that time as the grave goods of a "shaman" or holy man.

Researchers discovered the traces of gold on the stone tools during a reanalysis of the artifacts using modern archaeological techniques, which included using a scanning electron microscope and an X-ray spectrometer to verify the presence of any residues and determine their chemical make-up.

The study confirmed that the traces of gold on the tools are prehistoric, and that they have similar impurities to other sources of gold used in Bronze Age Britain.

Crellin said that the wear on the stone tools also shows they were used in different ways to shape gold and a variety of other materials, such as amber, wood, copper and jet — a finely grained, semi-precious form of coal.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; archaeoastronomy; bronzeage; burial; godsgravesglyphs; megaliths; shaman; stonehenge; uptonlovell; wiltshire
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To: BenLurkin; Red Badger; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Rock 'til ya drop.

21 posted on 12/16/2022 11:28:41 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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The rest of the Stonehenge keyword, sorted:

22 posted on 12/16/2022 11:32:41 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Ezekiel

That is the only commercial that Coca-Cola actually called Pepsi and complained about, so Pepsi pulled the ad.

This was during the so-called ‘Cola Wars’..........


23 posted on 12/16/2022 11:33:17 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
said, "The collection, which is now on display at the Wiltshire Museum in the town of Devizes, was interpreted at that time as the grave goods of a "shaman" or holy man.
Always with the 'religious' aspect. Why couldn't they interpret it as 'He was a rich goldsmith'?.............."


Yeap. Gold was used during this time for Electrolysis Engraving and other low current simple devices. Possibly sound amplification.
24 posted on 12/16/2022 11:54:20 AM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Red Badger

“Why couldn’t they interpret it as ‘He was a rich goldsmith’?..”

I was thinking ‘the guy was a jeweler not a Shaman’.


25 posted on 12/16/2022 11:55:52 AM PST by dljordan
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To: SunkenCiv

Great stuff. I have but a single artifact made of polished stone. The amount of time spent on polishing had to have been a lot. I guess some stone will polish but not chip.


26 posted on 12/16/2022 12:12:51 PM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: ComputerGuy

(appears to be loosely based on a fake ad from the 1970s)

https://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2017/06/25/14464551/SHW%20WEBSITE%20front%20page%20image.jpg


27 posted on 12/16/2022 10:52:31 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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28 posted on 12/16/2022 11:18:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

12. He’s still dead, Jim!


29 posted on 12/17/2022 1:17:39 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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