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Weather By The Moon
marked rock, stones and bones have been found that indi-
cate years marked off in groups of nine. A bone-handle tool
found by Jean de Heinzelin at Ishango near Lake Edward in
Africa dates back to 9,000BC. A much older bone from
the Dordogne Valley of western France, dating back to
30,000BC, shows deep slash marks along the top edge,
totalling 18 or 19, whilst what looks like possible Moon
marks are etched onto the left. We don’t know what is on
the other side in terms of ‘Moons’, but clearly there were
9 in a small group in the center.
Are the circles Moons? Below and overleaf are clearer
views of marks on one of the bones from the same site.
Stones in ancient stone circles indicate the declination
range points. Major declination point is called Major
Standstill, and minimum declination Minor Standstill. Major
and Minor Standstill stones can be seen on most intact
stone circles. At Stonehenge, if one was to stand at the Heel
Stone, with one’s back leaning against it so that the whole
monument was behind one, and look straight ahead across
the vast plain stretching out below, one can see two long
straight banks resembling a railway track (The Avenue). The
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