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Very little is known about the original builders of Stonehenge in England, although Stonehenge was added to by many of the peoples who inhabited the locality at a later date, including the Celts, who added extra rings, and the Vikings who graffitoed the stones with runes.
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Still we are left with the question of who built Stonehenge. Was it the ancient people of a time long ago who inhabited the region? If so, how did they undertake such a monumental feat of construction? How did they acquire such knowledge?
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Out of any book on Stonehenge, you will find a listing of prehistoric people who inhabited that part of England, down through the centuries from 4,500 years ago listed as: "Native Hunters," "Windmill Hill People," "Tomb Builders," "The Beaker Folk," etc.
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Among other key finds, the team uncovered organic material that indicates people inhabited the Stonehenge site as long ago as 7200BC - more than 3,500 years earlier than anything previously known.
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Due to modern dating techniques, scientists have discovered that its builders completed Stonehenge over a thousand years before the Celts ever inhabited this region ("Stonehenge" Encyclopedia Americana, NPA), eliminating them from the possibilities.
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At Stonehenge´s avenue, immediately north of Stonehenge, we will be excavating parts of this solstitial processional route to discover if it began as a short avenue which led only as far as the nearby streambed known as Stonehenge Bottom.
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www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/stonehenge
www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/stonehenge
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Evidence shows that the area around Stonehenge has been inhabited around 8000BC. However, the majority of the monuments here have been built during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.
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www.englandtravelguide.org/stonehenge/
www.englandtravelguide.org/stonehenge/
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Aubrey Hole is also being re-dug at the moment, in order to recover and analyse prehistoric cremations put there by archaeologists in 1935, and areas believed to be inhabited by the builders of Stonehenge are also due to be excavated.
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www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2431102.stonehenge_investigations_continue/
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Today scientists still aren't sure who built Stonehenge and its intended use, but they do know that it was built in three main stages over a period of 1,500 years! Over that immense period of time, various groups of people inhabited the plains around Stonehenge and contributed to its construction.
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www.stonehengewatch.com/history-who.asp
www.stonehengewatch.com/history-who.asp
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