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Origins of the sarsen megaliths at Stonehenge

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Stonehenge

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Peer-reviewed geochemical study linking most analyzed sarsens to the vicinity of West Woods, Wiltshire; supports sourcing and transport discussion without determining every stone's history.

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Geological sourcing and quarry evidence support substantial human movement of Stonehenge stones, but exact routes and transport methods remain unresolved and may differ by stone.

Answer / theory: Likely through organized human transport using ropes, sledges, rollers, water routes where possible, and large labor groups. What supports it: Stone sourcing, quarry evidence, ethnographic analogy, and experimental archaeology. What is weak or disputed: Exact routes and whether every stone followed the same process. Evidence level: Strong Evidence for human transport, Mixed Evidence for exact route.
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The claim that Stonehenge required ancient aliens or lost advanced technology is unsupported by its archaeological phases, landscape context, and stone-provenance evidence.

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