STONEHENGE: Secrets Set in Stone

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Secrets Set in Stone.

By KENNETH CHANG - A version of this article appears in print on November 10, 2015, on page D1 of the New York edition with the headline: Secrets Set in Stone.

Stonehenge Begins to Yield Its Secrets

AMESBURY, England — About 6,300 years ago, a tree here toppled over.

For the ancients in this part of southern England, it created a prime real estate opportunity — next to a spring and near attractive hunting grounds.

According to David Jacques, an archaeologist at the University of Buckingham, mud was pressed into the pulled-up roots, turning them into a wall. Nearby, a post was inserted into a hole, and that may have held up a roof of reeds or animal skin.

It was, he said, a house, one of the earliest in England.

Last month, in the latest excavation at a site known as Blick Mead, Mr. Jacques and his team dug a trench 40 feet long, 23 feet wide and 5 feet deep, examining this structure and its surroundings. They found .....

[Judi Lynn]

1. Beautiful images. Excellent map. Great information. Thank you. n/t