SOURCE: Telegraph (UK)
4-19-13
tags: archaeology, Telegraph (UK), stonehenge, Vespasian
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4-19-13
Stonehenge occupied 5,000 years earlier than previously thought
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Excavation of a site just a mile from the stone structure provided what researchers claim is the first firm evidence of continuous occupation from as early as 7,500BC.
Earlier evidence had suggested that humans were present at the site, known as Vespasian's Camp, around 7,500BC but there were no signs anyone had lived there until as late as 2,500BC.
By carbon-dating materials found at the site, the archaeologists identified a semi-permanent settlement which was occupied from 7,500 to 4,700BC, with evidence that people were present during every millennium in between....
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