Undermines· moderateGEO-E009
Stonehenge sarsen provenance: Stone 58 matches West Woods
- what the source states
- Immobile-trace-element analysis found that 50 of 52 Stonehenge sarsens share a uniform geochemical profile, and Stone 58's signature directly matches the West Woods area — identifying the probable source region.
- what we infer
- For Stonehenge, provenance evidence fits conventional sourcing well. Proponents respond that bulk trace-element methods would give the same result for stone cast from West Woods aggregate — but that response (GEO-C030) is itself an untested methodological claim. Note: the geo project corrected Fóti's "only a statistical correlation" framing; the published match is stronger than he presents.
- limitations
- Bears directly on Stonehenge sarsens, not on the Egyptian or Andean claims.