{"id":1189,"date":"2007-01-31T10:31:49","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T09:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2007\/01\/31\/stonehengewhere-the-party-animals-go-er-went\/"},"modified":"2007-01-31T10:31:49","modified_gmt":"2007-01-31T09:31:49","slug":"stonehengewhere-the-party-animals-go-er-went","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2007\/01\/31\/stonehengewhere-the-party-animals-go-er-went\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonehenge&#8230;where the party animals go! &#8230;Er, went."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Archaeologists have found the remains of an ancient settlement two miles from Stonehenge which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-ex-stonehenge30jan31,0,1604260.story?coll=la-home-headlines\">seems to have been built specifically to celebrate the Winter Solstice&#8230;<\/a> <em>big time.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-ex-stonehenge30jan31,0,1604260.story?coll=la-home-headlines\">The new finds at Durrington Walls,<\/a> two miles northeast of the stone circle, indicate that the entire region was a large religious complex where the early Britons gathered in midwinter for raucous feasts and solemn ceremonies before sending their deceased on a voyage to the afterlife.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Durrington Walls &#8220;is either the richest site or the filthiest that we have ever found for this period,&#8221; Pearson said. &#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely stuffed full of trash or rubbish: broken pots, chips, flints, burned stones used for cooking and animal bones. 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