The Stonehenge Enigma (Prehistoric Britain Book 1) by Langdon Robert John

Author:Langdon, Robert John [Langdon, Robert John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ABC Publishing Group
Published: 2014-01-12T22:00:00+00:00

Mollusca

If we look at the site at W58 Amesbury(Coneybury Henge), archaeologists (in this case Roy Entwistle for the ‘The Stonehenge Environs Project’) traditionally interpret the evidence gained by identifying individual mollusc species as indicating that taller vegetation must have been present nearby at the time of construction - as the C. tridentatum snail inhabits only grasslands.

Unfortunately, when you look at the numbers, the assumption just does not ‘add up’, for that breed of snail numbers only 204 of the total of 1145 snails found in that sample. Some open-field snails, like C. Tridentatum, also seem to love shaded habitats such as deep forest litter and primeval woodland, according to Dr Roy Anderson’s report (Species Inventory of Northern Ireland, 1996). Consequently, the only thing we know for sure is that snails like dark wet places, so they can be found under logs; but if there is a lack of trees, they favour rocks.

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