[Sca-cooks] Circles (was Period gifts in jars + question)
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Sat Nov 27 00:22:18 PST 2004
>
>e.g. Stones of Stenness gets my attention with estimates
>of as much as 350,000 man hours to erect Stennes, Ring of
>Brodgar, and the ditch that connects the 2 sites. I may
>always wonder how they could reallocate 350,000 man hours
>out of their food economy 4,500 to 5,000 years ago.
>(ob food comment, to 'stay' on topic <g> )
>
Men haven't changed, they get together, drink some beer (OFC), and
say "I bet we could get a BIGGER stone up there!"
More seriously, this was done over time. They didn't take 350,000
hours all in one year. Seventy men meeting for a week, spending a
hundred hours each, every year for fifty years... or every ten years
over 500 years would do it. (And these numbers are completely pulled
out of the air).
Ranvaig
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