研究人员提出新假说，认为巨石阵的6吨祭坛石源自苏格兰东北部，距离遗址约700公里，可能在上一冰河期通过冰川被运至北海的多格沙洲，随后由新石器时代人类分阶段运输数百公里才最终到达索尔兹伯里平原 1。这项由谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学和科廷大学联合领导的研究结合了矿物定年和冰川计算机模型，成果已发表于《第四纪科学杂志》2026年第41卷第6期 1。
研究表明，冰川虽然可能将石头运至现已沉没在北海下的多格兰地区，但无法直接将其运至英国南部，因此最终的运输工作需要依靠人力完成 1。谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学的Dr. Remy Veness指出，"祭坛石可能具有足够的文化意义，使得新石器时代人类愿意至少移动它两次" 1。这反映出该工程对当时社区组织协调能力的重大要求。
Researchers have proposed a new hypothesis about how one of Stonehenge's most significant stones reached its current location. The altar stone, weighing approximately 6 tons, likely originated in northeastern Scotland, roughly 700 kilometers (435 miles) from Stonehenge, before being transported to the Salisbury Plain through a two-stage journey involving both natural and human forces 1.
According to the study led jointly by Sheffield Hallam University and Curtin University, glaciers during the last ice age may have carried the stone to Doggerland, a now-submerged Neolithic landscape beneath the North Sea 1. However, the glaciers could not have transported the stone directly to southern England, meaning Neolithic communities would have needed to move it across hundreds of kilometers overland once it reached the British mainland 1. The research, published in the Quaternary Science Reviews in 2026, combined mineral dating with glacial computer modeling to trace this remarkable journey 1. Dr. Remy Veness noted that the altar stone likely held sufficient cultural significance for Neolithic people to justify moving it at least twice 1. The findings underscore the substantial organizational coordination required by Neolithic communities to undertake such an ambitious transportation effort 1.
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