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Re:The “greased sled” theory of Stonehenge by benj111 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:38AM (#20523156)
I did some reading around to see how chariot axles were done at the time. This predates the chariot, the wheel and possibly domestication itself.

So even my visions of a nice iron age pig farm is as likely to be a reality of hunting wild boar in the forest, on foot.

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Re:The “greased sled” theory of Stonehenge by throwaway23057 on Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:39PM (#20528736)
Stonehenge is around 3-2000 BC, the iron age in, say, France started at about 700 BC, pig domestication started from beyond 10000 BC according to Wikipedia, so an iron age farm is conceivable. Partly domesticated pigs could also simply stay close to human settlements, without any tech necessary.
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