Steve_James

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6311939.stm

enzian

Fascinating. Thanks for the link!

carolyn

Interesting. Has anyone else read <i>Stonehenge</i> by Bernard Cornwall?

WillTravel

Imagine a house that has only 16 square feet! Puts all the complaints about room size into perspective .

PatrickLondon

What, no signs of knock-off dolmens (&quot;Fell off the back of the lorry, guv&quot?

flanneruk

16 ft square isn't 16 sq ft: it's 256 sq ft.

Still pokey, but more than enough room to eat, sleep and swing a small cat.

ira

Thanks for the link, SJ.

&gt;People seem to have occupied the sites seasonally,...
&gt;&quot;It is the richest - by that I mean the filthiest - site of this period known in Britain,&quot;

I've been to hotels like that.

noe847

This is great; thanks for posting the link.

cmcfong

Thank you for posting this link. Very interesting.

LoveItaly

Yes, thank you Steve_James, I agree, very fascinating. Ira, LOL!

Carrybean

&quot;The archaeologists found 4,600-year-old rubbish covering the floors of the houses.&quot;

Obviously litterbugs or else there wasn't any maid service.

hopingtotravel

I saw this on CNN this morning. To anyone interested in this stuff, it's a significant find.
PS Isn't Cornwall supposed to have a new book coming out?

carolyn

This was on the local TV news last night and in this morning's paper. I felt so smug that I already knew it.

rhapsody

Fascinating!

TuckH

Can someone please explain:

How is it that this detritus has managed to survive the millenia? There's been no cataclysmic event i.e. Pompei, so why hasn't everything turned to dust? Clay strata?

ira

&gt;How is it that this detritus has managed to survive the millenia? &lt;

Because it's in the UK.

In Germany, Holland or Switzerland it would have been cleaned up long ago.