Re:A Scottish Provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge
by addaon on Friday August 16, 2024 @08:42PM
(#41271549)
> (Claude)
That certainly is a sequence of words consistent with the rules of English grammar. Can you explain what you think it contributes to the conversation? Are you suggesting it’s more likely to be semantically valid than other such sequences of words?
Re:A Scottish Provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge
by termy on Saturday August 17, 2024 @04:53AM
(#41272891)
Interesting thanks :)
Re:A Scottish Provenance for the Altar Stone of Stonehenge
by defrost on Saturday August 17, 2024 @05:00AM
(#41272921)
> I asked Claude to analyze the paper and speculate a route and it
utterly failed to mention glacial erratics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_erratic
https://www.cyark.org/projects/okotoks-erratic/overview
Mind you, so did every other HN commentator and it's something that rarely comes up when forums speculate on the transport of stones in the UK for ancient monuments.
It's easier to stack up the "weird non local" stones dropped at the end of a valley after a glacial retreat than it is to transit them ~1,000 km without a crane and a truck.
The waters down the west coast can be a little hairy. I asked Claude to analyze the paper and speculate a route and it thought the east coast route, then up the Thames and down the Avon was more likely?
"Modern oceanographic knowledge tells us that the Irish Sea can be challenging due to strong currents, frequent storms, and numerous shoals and sandbanks. These conditions were likely present in Neolithic times as well." (Claude)