Stonehenge was a 'neolithic rave venue'

I been to some sick massive at all kind venue but stonehedge, sweet... instead of glowsticks they probality dance with fire... PLUR

SamuraiDave is quite right. And - it would have been impossible to know if this 1,500 ton 'amplifier' was going to work, a lot of labour on speculation!

This is one of those theories that works after the fact, I fear. I doubt the builders of stone henge had this in mind considering the construction of the site took generations.

This is kind of similar to people of the Victorian Era believing Atlantis had flying machines and steam engines. When you have a mystery, people want to imprint their own idea and time on it. Had this theory came out 40-50 years ago, it might have read "Stone Henge once host to Beatnik Bongo Poetry Slams"

Or perhaps it was the art of heavy metal

I say we honor history and throw a huge rave there.

if you don't understand Rave, you must be a corporate commercial slave! sux 2 b u! =P

rave, a tribe dancing, a wedding party, people partying at the henge, all just about the same things. life is not as black as white as some of you think, it's very gray actually.

They were hosting DnB raves 5,000 years ago?? And I thought the Information Age was supossed to be progressive! P.L.U.R!

I think religious/spiritual cermonial site would actually be a better, more accurate fit than "rave venue" =)

But it certainly probably felt like a rave when those ancient Britons probably took hallucinogens that induced trances during ritual ceremonies...

Through all the articles I've read about Stonehenge I've come to wonder....

what WASN'T Stonehenge used for?

Stonehenge was, like, a techno trance rhythm? So we can only understand it now because we have finally caught up? I so want to believe this...

Where were the bathrooms for the drug users?

Read all of Lawrence Gardner, and a book by Jeremy Narby. I cant remember the title, but I think he only wrote one.

wondiferous

And if they didn't understand chemistry, they most definitely understood alchemy, and the fundamentals of botany. Their probably wasn't much dependancy because everything was clean and rare.

Of course it is. They were built by the druids thousands of years ago. They being descendants from the exodus (of the Elder shamans, priests, and priestesses of pre-dynastic Egypt). Of course they are going to use music to help induce serious meditative states, to help remember ancient esoteric, and to accurately map out the current positions of the heavens.

Damn those savages anyways!

Better living through chemistry before chemistry existed eh?

I'm pretty sure it's not the venue that makes the rave, I would argue it is more of a temporary chemical dependency, but I guess for the sake of arguing this theory, it is a catchy buzzword.

The first Party Animals, sweet.

music is god

PARTY!

Is there a link to the article which this one supports ?

-b

Nothing would surprise me about such a mystical place. I'll be sure to bring my drum next time for more of an interactive outing.

not a rave. a bewitching rhythm of euphoric proportions under a serene star lit sky. no drugs. just a great place to let loose after a week of surviving the elements.

Rupert, is your concrete replica for sale?

That's a shame. Raves are headache inducing, for me at least.