Only last year, in 2010, came a rather stunning discovery. Scientists from the British Geological Survey had conducted tests on the body of a 15-year old boy – a body found in 2006 at Amesbury, quite near to the henge. The boy had been placed in a simple grave just a mile from the stone circle, with an amber necklace of huge wealth – with ninety beads – by his side. A broad range of scientific studies prove the teenager was from the Mediterranean.
Andrew Fitzpatrick: “We think that the wealthiest people may have made these long-distance journeys to source rare and exotic materials, like amber. By doing these journeys, they probably also acquired great kudos.”
We learn also of the richest Bronze Age grave ever found in Britain. The body of the man, known as the ‘Amesbury Archer’, has been dated to around 2300 BC
Further reading:
T. G. Schurr: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/mitochondrial-dna-and-the-peopling-of-the-new-world
Andrew Fitzpatrick in National Geographic Magazine:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101013-stonehenge-burials-boy-science-mediterranean/
Dr. Gunnar Thompson, American Discovery (1994)
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