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SCALE OF FEET 



Figure 2. — The sun and moon alinements found for Stonehenge. 



skill, as an observatory, and that it could have been used for many 

 astronomic purposes. 



It is now the responsibility of archeology to digest this new infor- 

 mation and from it draw new historic conclusions. 



WHAT THE ARCHEOLOGIST SAID 



I first published an account of my discovery in the British magazine 

 Nature, last October. There has been a surprising amount of response. 

 Newspapers and other magazines from many countries have com- 

 mented, from England and Canada to Spain and South Africa. 

 Among the letters I have received from archeologists was one, par- 

 ticularly engaging, from K. S. Newall in England : 



It is always diflScult, I suppose, when two different sciences meet (if 

 archeology can be called a science) , to come to agreement. Astronomers 



