Stonehenge Partiers Came From Afar, Cattle Teeth Show


	Stonehenge Partiers Came From Afar, Cattle Teeth Show

hitchhiker08

9-13-2008 12:04 PM

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Prehistoric cattle remains found close to <A stonehenge="" geopedia="" ngm.nationalgeographic.com="" http:="" href="<a href=">Stonehenge</A> suggest that partying pilgrims brought the animals from afar, scientists report. 
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Cattle slaughtered during ritual festivities at the site may have come from as far away as Wales, Jane Evans of the <A href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_unitedkingdom.html">United Kingdom'</A>s Natural Environment Research Council announced this week at the British Association Festival of Science in Liverpool. 
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The discovery is based on 4,500-year-old cattle teeth and bones recently unearthed at a late Stone Age village at Durrington Walls (<A href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070130-stonehenge.html">learn more</A>), less than two miles (three kilometers) from the famous stone circle. 
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<B>Probably Wales</B>
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"These animals were grazing on soils that developed on relatively old rocks," Evans said, adding that the nearest locations where such rocks are found are Wales and Scotland. 
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