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		rags2riches 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The ancient monuments saluting the winter solstice Try making it through a few northern European winters as a pre-modern farmer. I'm sure you will develop a keener interest in measuring these things.

mr_toad 26 days ago [–]

It’s probably not a coincidence that these monuments that seem to serve as calendars happened to spring up just as farming was becoming widespread .

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