Stonehenge

is when the studies on Stonehenge began. "In 1919 to 1926 the antler picks, stone hammers, and flint chips were uncovered" (55). "Aubrey holes were spaced eighteen feet apart in a complete circle" (55). They had straight sides and flat bottoms, which were held by cremated bones proving that Stonehenge played part in ancient burial sites.
             In 1950 carbon dating of charcoal was done from Aubrey Holes, which dated from 1848 B. C. within 275 years. In 1953 "the shapes of Axes carved into stones typical of Bronze Age 1600 to 1400 B. C. were found" (59). This showed the influence of the Greeks on Stonehenge, which was an uncanny similarity to daggers unearthed in royal graves of Greece.
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