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Latest news in Yorkshire: Published March 16, 2019 02:01:20 PM
Evidence of large-scale prehistoric feasting rituals found at Stonehenge
could be the earliest mass celebrations in Britain, say archaeologists
from the University of Sheffield.
The study examined 131 pig bones at four Late Neolithic sites,
Durrington Walls, Marden, Mount Pleasant and West Kennet Palisade
Enclosures.
The sites, which served Stonehenge and Avebury, hosted the feasts.
Researchers, including a team from the University of Sheffield, think
guests had to bring meat raised locally to them, resulting in pigs
arriving from distant places.
The results of isotope analysis show the pig bones excavated from these
sites were from animals raised in Scotland, the North East of England
and West Wales, as well as numerous other locations across Britain.
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News source: bbc.co.uk