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Two archeological announcements from France this month show Neolithic habitation including a necropolis and offerings- one of the sites may rewrite history.
There is controversy over the reputed destruction of 39 standing stones, or menhir, in the French village of Carnac. But the accounts of what happened are disputed between the Carnac government and a local archeologist.
Archaeologists have uncovered an apparent ceremonial site in Scotland on the scale of the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney or even Salisbury Plain.
The recent discovery of a Neolithic structure on the Isle of Arran leaves researchers with more questions than answers.
Wood henges are much less impressive to modern observers of the sites but are critical for understanding ritual practice in the Neolithic. Recent findings also tell us how long such monuments took to build.
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