[Sca-cooks] Circles

[Stefan li Rous]

  WdG proposed:
> I have long had a (completely) unsubstantiated theory that the Standing
> Stones in many Neolithic
> or pre-historic sites were dragged/leveraged into place, and then
> shaped/carved over the following
> decades. Stonehenge *may* be one of the foils for this theory, but,
> like I said, it's wholly unsubstantiated.

Why not carve them to shape where you first dig them up? Then you have 
less weight to haul. This is what the Egyptians did for their pyramids. 
The quarries still exist and I believe there are may be pictures of the 
stones being hauled.

It's easier to carve the stone while it is on the ground then after it 
has been tilted vertically.

If you place the rough stone in the hole, lever it into a vertical 
position and then carve it to its final shape, would you really dig a 
hole around it again so you can get to it to finish the part below the 
ground? If not, then it should be easy to determine whether the stones 
were shaped in position or before. Simply check the rock below the 
ground and compare it to the portion of the megalith above the ground.

Stefan
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