Where did the sarsens come from?
Most likely: fifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two…Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
Where it stands
Three answers have been proposed. Fifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two… leads, with evidence 2 for, 1 against: supported by its tests. Two are still possible.
Answers 3
History
- Nash et al. puts forward: fifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two…
- Nash et al.: portable XRF puts 50 of 52 sarsens in one chemical group; the Stone 58 core's trace elements match West Woods…For: Fifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two…
- Nash et al.: fifty of the 52 surviving megaliths fall in one chemical group.Against: The megaliths came from several sources across Wessex, not one wood.
- Hancock et al. puts forward: the megaliths came from several sources across Wessex, not one wood.
- Hancock et al.: read by their geochemistry, the Stone 58 data cannot exclude three to six sources.Against: Fifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two…
- Ciborowski et al.: sarsen debitage at the site falls in at least three further geochemical families, traced to the Marlborough…For: The megaliths came from several sources across Wessex, not one wood.
- Nash & Ciborowski: the reanalysis's use of absolute concentrations and mobile elements is unsuited to silcrete.For: Fifty of the 52 surviving sarsens share one chemistry, matched to West Woods near Marlborough; the other two…
- Hancock et al.: no definitive geochemical match for Stone 58 can be argued from the available data.For: The megaliths came from several sources across Wessex, not one wood.
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