Stonehenge cremations shed light on where mysterious monument builders came from
By Garry ShawAug. 2, 2018 , 10:00 AM
Five thousand years ago, the people of Stonehenge buried cremated bodies under the ancient and mysterious site, near Amesbury, U.K. Archaeologists have long believed that the remains belonged to individuals connected with the monument, but for more than a century, they’ve been unable to figure out where they came from or why they were buried there. Now, a new analysis of these remains is providing some answers.
“This is an extremely important study,†says Martin Smith, a biological anthropologist at Bournemouth University in Poole, U.K., who was not involved in the research.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/stonehenge-cremations-shed-light-where-mysterious-monument-builders-came