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February 11, 2004
Archer
The burial of the Amesbury Archer (no, not that Archer) turned up one-hundred objects, an unprecedented number for other remains of the period. The Archer lived four and a half thousand years ago, about the time of the first construction at Stonehenge three miles from his grave. This is a morning stroll relative to his orginal home in the Alps.
Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick, of Wessex Archaeology, said: “This was a time of great change in Britain – the skills of metalworking were being brought here from abroad and great monuments such as Stonehenge were being built.
“We have long suspected that it was people from the continent of Europe who initiated the trade that first brought metalworking to Britain, and the Archer is the first discovery to confirm this. He would have been a very important person in the Stonehenge area and it is fascinating to think that someone from abroad – probably modern day Switzerland – could well have played an important part in the construction of Britain’s most famous archaeological site.”
“We have long suspected that it was people from the continent of Europe who initiated the trade that first brought metalworking to Britain, and the Archer is the first discovery to confirm this. He would have been a very important person in the Stonehenge area and it is fascinating to think that someone from abroad – probably modern day Switzerland – could well have played an important part in the construction of Britain’s most famous archaeological site.”
Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 11, 2004 10:17 AM