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From: "Steven Bird" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Megalith builders
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:05:15 -0400
In-Reply-To: <02d301c7b686$bc21e7c0$640fa8c0@Villandra2>


This is relevant:

http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/amesbury/archer.html

There is another dig by Wessex Archaeology that uncovered alleged workmen
that helped construct Stonehenge:

http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/wiltshire/boscombe/bowmen/index.html


So there is at least some expert opinion that supports the viewpoint that
these workmen (the "Boscombe Bowmen") came from Wales to the Salisbury plain
to help build the megaliths.

Steve



> > Didier
> >
> > So far no proof who built Stonehenge. I'm even wondering if R1b was
> > even in Europe at the time of its construction.
>

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