How an ancient cow’s tooth could help solve the mystery of Stonehenge
The female of an old cow has revealed new details about the mysteries of Stonehenge, which has surprised scientists for centuries.
The new evidence confirmed the connection defined by archaeologists and geologists in the 2010s, and the connection between the two stone stoves believed to be the sources of legendary standing of the historic Wiltshire Landmark in Stonehenge and Wales.
In a discovery that concerned historians for more than a century, archaeologists were carefully placed next to the southern entrance of Stonehenge in 1924 and found a cow jawbone dated 2995 BC and 2900 BC.
British Geology Research (BGS), Cardiff University and University College London (UCL) researchers used isotope analysis on the third molar female of the cow for clues about the diet, environment and movement of the animal.
The lead isotopes revealed the pointed ends of the composition from the end of the winter to spring, and pointed to a bullet source than the bullet in the rest of the tooth, and showed that the cow was caused by an area with bluish rocks in Wales before moving to Stonehenge.
Scientists point out that they first see more weights from Stonehenge to Wales to the theories that the cows are used in the transport of enormous rocks throughout the country.
Following the tests, the researchers concluded that the unusual lead signal was explained by a lead stored in the cow bones during pregnancy stress, which meant that the animal had a high chance of being a woman.
Professor and BGS Honorary Research Assistant Jane Evans said: “A cow’s teeth told us an extraordinary story, and as new scientific tools emerged, we hope that there is more to learn from their long journey.”
“This is a more fascinating evidence for Stonehenge’s connection with the bluish wines of Stonehenge, Michael Parker Pearson, a British prehistoric professor in UCL.
The research article was published in August, which evaluates comparative resources and strontium and lead merger periods from ‘Stonehenge’ a BOS CSF Torus teeth ‘from’ Stonehenge ‘.
“This research provided important new information about the biography of this mysterious cow, which was left in such an important place at an entrance to a Stonehenge, said Richard Madgwick, a professor of archeology at the University of Cardiff.
“Most of the time, great narratives dominate the research in large archaeological fields, but this detailed biographical approach on a single animal provides a whole new direction to the story of Stonehenge.”
