Ancient people selected the largest available stones and transported them uphill to high elevations (2,400m+), even when local stone was available. This effort for non-practical purposes suggests ritual or religious significance. ⬆️🪨
Deliberate effort to transport largest available stones to high altitude locations
ArmeniaGeneral
Site mentioned
Key facts
- Lower level stones (1,400-2,300 meters) are singular and close to settlements
- Upper level stones (2,400-3,100 meters) are clustered and grouped but not associated with settlements
- Largest stones weighing 4.5 tons or more were deliberately transported uphill
- Largest available stones were selected and transported to upper regions despite local stone availability
- Significant energy, time and thought invested in moving large stones uphill
- Suggests non-practical, possibly ritual or religious purpose for stone placement
Sources
[PDF] Lithic armatures manufacture during the Late Glacial and thetheses.hal.science
This Ph.D thesis focuses on manufacturing modalities of lithic armatures during the Late. Glacial and the first part of the Early Holocene ...
[PDF] Book of Abstracts - US Permafrost Associationuspermafrost.org
This book contains 425 abstracts, including those from the 3 plenary lectures, 1 from The Wiley-Blackwell Permafrost and Periglacial Processes ...
[PDF] National Park Service Paleontological Researchnpshistory.com
FOSSIL BUTTE NATIONAL MONUMENT. Paleoecology and paleoenvironments during the intial stages of Eocene Fossil Lake, SW Wyoming.
[PDF] inqua - Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveysdggs.alaska.gov
Geography. University of Alaska. Alaska: Arctic, v. 4, p. 89-1 11. central and southern parts of Alaska. The section on the Copper River Capps. S. R..
i Fitful Histories and Unruly Publics - Brillbrill.com
Even in ancient practice the use of certain pottery style is not the substance, but only the symbolic referent of broader and deeper cultural, economic, and ...
Was this story useful?
Keep exploring
Every site on this page sits on the globe, and the people who research them are on the Discord.
3D Globe · Sites by country · Story Archive · Research Library · Weekly Journal · Search
AI-generated text · images from the original sources · always verify with the sources.