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From: "Arch Yeomans" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Megalith builders
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:26:45 -0700
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We don't really know how their society was organized. We can't
superimpose what we know historically of any particular culture and
say "that's the way it was at the time of Stonehenge's construction".
For all we know there was no such thing as serfdom, peasants, geburas,
gestihs, or even nobility in the way we interpret it in our recent
past during the beginning phases of Stonehenge. We cannot equate the
manpower and logistics of the way it was constructed even in
comparison to the Egyptian pyramids. There is very little to no
evidence telling us who built the great megalith of Stonehenge and
that includes a strata of society. The archers found are important
finds but it does not prove "they built it", for all we know they may
have been on a pilgrimage to Stonehenge after it was constructed, or
became prominent leaders who adopted the megalithic representation
into their belief system. Who really knows? Just because somebody is
buried near something doesn't necessarily mean they built it. All it
indicates is they associated with it whether as a human sacrafice or
an honorific burial; it's anybody's guess.

Arch



On 6/24/07, Dora Smith <> wrote:
> We know WHEN Stonehenge was built, and what culture was there at the time,
> right? A new group of people from somewhere else could have built it if
> they were building something similar where they came from.
>
> Or by who built stonehenge, do you mean, what strata of society built
> stonehenge? I should think that would be harder to ascertain. One might
> guess based on the level of stratification of the society that built
> Stonehenge. If there were slaves in the society, then it is hard to
> think the priests and kings built Stonehenge with their own hands, but on
> the other hand, maybe the peasants helped out, and maybe the peasants were
> "free", and maybe they were serfs. But I cannot imagine that the lowest
> rungs of the society that built Stonehenge, whatever those lowest rungs
> were, thought up a massive, expensive and labor intensive project like
> Stonehenge all by themselves, they were the only ones who wanted it, and the
> upper classes both let it happen and provided the resources. Either the
> entire society actively wanted the monument built, or its upper ranks did.
> Whether those people were newcomers in that geographical area has relevance
> to genetics.
>
> As to R1b - it sheltered in Spain during the last ice age. It was present
> in England when Stonehenge was built. LOL! Exactly how long ago do you
> think Stonehenge was built?!
>
> Yours,
> Dora Smith
> Austin, TX
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arch Yeomans" <>
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> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 6:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [DNA] Megalith builders
>
>
> > 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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