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Researchers at Curtin University have traced the origin of Stonehenge’s Altar Stone to Scotland, overturning previous beliefs that it came from Wales. By analyzing the stone’s mineral grains, they’ve demonstrated advanced Neolithic transportation and societal organization, suggesting the stone was moved over 750 kilometers by likely marine routes, indicating sophisticated trade networks and community coordination in ancient Britain.
Lead author PhD student Anthony Clarke from the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group within Curtin’s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences said analysis of the age and chemical composition of minerals within fragments of the Altar Stone matched it with rocks from northeast Scotland, while also clearly differentiating them from Welsh bedrock.
“Our discovery of the Altar Stone’s origins highlights a significant level of societal coordination during the Neolithic period and helps paint a fascinating picture of prehistoric Britain,” Professor Kirkland said. “We have succeeded in working out, if you like, the age and chemical fingerprints of perhaps one of the most famous of stones in the world-renowned ancient monument,” Professor Bevins said.
Curtin Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene Hayne said much of the research and analysis done by Mr. Clarke and Professor Kirkland was undertaken at the University’s renowned John de Laeter Centre.
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