Yesterday was published in several newspapers the discovery by British archaeologists, the remains of a cromlech or new stone circle near the world's best known cromlech: Stonehenge. It appears that the two were part of a set in Salisbury Plain (England), by the river Avon, and were joined by of a ceremonial route that connected, the complex was completed with a Neolithic settlement that was only used in times of ceremonies.
Stonehenge current image (obtained from evanevantours.co)
This new finding may be of great importance to clarify the role and uses of these circles of massive stones ( megaliths), linked by both Megalithic culture which were built in the middle of the Neolithic period through Western Europe and off the wild theories with which some relate them (aliens), although the debate among scholars is far from complete.
Blue Reconstruction of Stonehenge (Obtained from Elpais.com)
He has been called Blue Stonehenge since the stones that formed it had a bluish tint, and like the fame was brought from hundreds of miles away (one of the major mysteries of the monument), but not great megaliths have been found but little remains and evidence of its placement. On the other fossils we have determined that their age about 5000 years, and therefore something magnificent before Stonehenge.
ceremonial routes in the whole of Stonehenge (obtained from flickr.com)
The most accepted theory of the role of monument is its relationship with religious rites related to astronomical knowledge, since it is geared for full moon to rise at its zenith at the summer solstice, and therefore may have to do with any kind of worship mole. Although becoming more and more importance is the theory that the whole rites of passage between the living world (associated with timber circles) and of the dead (related to the stone circles.)
successive image ceremonial circles of Stonehenge (obtained from abyss)
The latter approach is based on the existence of some burials, the connection to the sacred way of all elements (circles and town) and their association with the River Avon, like many rivers and lakes in antiquity (eg the Styx) is identified with the transits to the world of the dead.
About:
- http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/arte/obras/7749.htm (more information on Stonehenge)
- Article of terraantiqvae blog on new theories Stonehenge
- Article in El Pais on Stonehenge Blue
- ABC article on Stonehenge Blue
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