Why The Great Bustards Sacrifice?
Furthermore, this kind of sheep-like acceptance of scientific interpretation is something Barbara Bender contests as a major factor in how Stonehenge is individually viewed. According to her reckonings, a prominent Stonehenge scholar could come out with an announcement describing the long awaited meaning of Stonehenge as a temple to the indigenous Great Bustard. The bird, the historian argues, would likely have been around in Neolithic times and in times of scarcity would have sustained Neolithic people as an easy food source. Thus, they built Stonehenge to be in the circular shape of a bird egg or nest and evidence of feasting pits around Stonehenge show they were giving thanks to the Great Bustards’ sacrifice. Rooted in the factual feasting