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Residues in Grooved Ware from Durrington Walls have been interpreted as the remains of large scale feasting associated with the construction of Stonehenge around 2500 BC. Whilst a function related to food consumption is possible, other explanations may be equally as plausible. An alternative interpretation not previously considered is that these residues could be related to a non-food use of animal resources, i.e. the production of tallow. This interpretation provides evidence supporting the ‘greased sled’ theory of how the megaliths were moved.
Author(s): Shillito L-M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Antiquity
Year: 2019
Volume: 93
Issue: 370
Pages: 1052-1060
Print publication date: 01/08/2019
Acceptance date: 06/11/2018
Date deposited: 12/10/2018
ISSN (print): 0003-598X
ISSN (electronic): 1745-1744
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.62
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2019.62
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