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  "title": "Origins of the sarsen megaliths at Stonehenge",
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    "en": "David J. Nash et al., *Science Advances* 6, no. 31 (29 July 2020) — the peer-reviewed paper that conclusively identified the source of Stonehenge's sarsen megaliths through geochemical fingerprinting. The team confirmed that 50 of 52 surviving sarsens originate from West Woods in the Marlborough Downs, approximately 25 km north of Stonehenge. The finding resolved a long-standing question about Stonehenge construction logistics and substantially reframes the transport problem from the longer-distance hypothetical alternatives."
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