# The rows were a communal monument built and added to over generations at gatherings, with fires and feasts…

> Most likely: The rows were a communal monument built and added to over generations at gatherings, with fires and feasts beside the stones.

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Answer · Carnac alignments

# The rows were a communal monument built and added to over generations at gatherings, with fires and feasts…

The rows were a communal monument built and added to over generations at gatherings, with fires and feasts beside the stones.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Cooking pits contemporary with and aligned on the stones, with food residues.
- Staggered construction dates along rows.

## What would rule it out

- Residue analyses showing the pits held no food, or pits unrelated in date to the stones.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Cooking pits with charred stones lie beside the foundation pits, some in line with them, and date to the same…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/carnac-alignments/evidence/EVD0D69TGCT7R47/cooking-pits-with-charred-stones-lie-beside-the-foundation)

Supported

FOR

[Charcoal analysis excludes grain roasting and smoking; residue, phytolith and eDNA results are pending.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/carnac-alignments/evidence/EVD0D69TGMM6WX4/charcoal-analysis-excludes-grain-roasting-and-smoking)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Why were the rows built?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/carnac-alignments/questions/QST0D69TBGJ4W2Z/why-were-the-rows-built)

Most likelyThe rows translate the region's natural granite outcrops and ridges into built form, recreating a rock…

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The rows were a communal monument built and added to over generations at gatherings, with fires and feasts… [Answer ANS0D69TG504TH3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D69TG504TH3
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**ANS** 0D69TG504TH3

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