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Suburb of Stonehenge: Ritual village found near famed rock site

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Excavations in southern England of a village dating to 4,600 years ago are transforming archaeologists’ notions about the function of nearby Stonehenge, the legendary set of massive stones that people positioned on Salisbury Plain around the same time.

VILLAGE REBIRTH. Excavations in England reveal clay floors of prehistoric houses at a site that may have been occupied by the builders of Stonehenge.