Dual theories proposed on the mystery of Stonehenge
DEC 02, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024871
Physics Today : Two different groups of researchers have come up with two different methods that Neolithic Britons could have used to transport 4-ton stones from quarries in Wales to the site of Stonehenge more than 150 miles away. The Daily Mail reported on 19 November that a group from the University of Exeter has proposed that ball bearings carved from stone or wood could have been placed in grooved wooden tracks to ease the giant stone slabs along their journey. On 30 November the Daily Mail reported on a second method put forth by an engineer and former BBC presenter, Garry Lavin. He believes giant wicker baskets were used to roll the boulders from Wales. Key to Lavin’s proposal is that the wicker cages containing the stones can float and thus early humans could have floated them on rivers part of the way.
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