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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 30 > New clues to mystery of Stonehenge’s use

New clues to mystery of Stonehenge’s use

By John Noble Wilford / The Bulletin
May 30, 2008

At least part of the mystery of Stonehenge may have now been solved: It was from the beginning a monument to the dead.

New radiocarbon dates from human cremation burials among and around the brooding stones on Salisbury Plain in England indicate that the site was used as a cemetery from 3000....

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