科学家在丹麦发现类似巨石阵的环形遗迹
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Danish researchers have announced the discovery of a collection of wooden pieces placed in a circle that are believed to date back thousands of years ago.
丹麦研究人员宣布发现了一圈木块，据信这些木块可追溯至数千年前。
The team says the wood pieces and some other objects were found during building work in the northwestern Danish town of Aars.
该团队表示，这些木块和其他一些物品是在丹麦西北部城镇奥尔斯进行建筑施工时发现的。
The discovery led the researchers to suggest the people who placed the wooden pieces might have been linked to a group who built Britain’s famous Stonehenge stone structure.
这一发现使研究人员提出，放置这些木块的人可能与建造英国著名巨石阵石结构的人群有关联。
A total of 45 ancient wood pieces were discovered underground last week during building, or construction, work.
上周，在建筑施工过程中，地下共发现了45件古代木制品。
The pieces formed a circle about 30 meters across.
这些碎片形成了一个直径约30米的圆圈。
In an email to the French news agency AFP, Sidsel Wahlin of the town’s Vesthimmerlands museum described the discovery as “a once in a lifetime find.”
该镇西希默兰博物馆的Sidsel Wahlin在给法新社的一封电子邮件中称这一发现是“一生难遇的发现”。
The circle "points to a strong connection with the British henge world," she added.
她补充道，这个圆圈“表明它与英国的巨石阵世界有着密切的联系”。
The British Museum says on its website the first stones placed at Stonehenge, in southern England, are believed to have started arriving there around 3000 BC.
大英博物馆在其网站上表示，据信，最初放置在英格兰南部巨石阵的石头大约在公元前3000年左右开始运抵那里。
The Danish researchers said they were also looking to see whether an inner circle might also exist where the wooden pieces were found.
丹麦研究人员表示，他们还在研究是否也存在一个内圈，即发现木制碎片的地方。
Wahlin noted that in the past, other wood circles had been found on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.
瓦林指出，过去在波罗的海的丹麦博恩霍尔姆岛上也曾发现过其他木圈。
But Wahlin said the circle in Aars was "the first one of this larger type that we can properly investigate.
但瓦林表示，奥斯的一个圆圈是“我们能够妥善调查的第一个此类较大规模的圆圈”。
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Archeologists working at the building site also found an ancient settlement that included a leader’s grave and a bronze sword.
在建筑工地工作的考古学家还发现了一个古老的定居点，其中包括一位首领的坟墓和一把青铜剑。
Wahlin said her team was still carrying out detailed work in the area in an effort to estimate the age and purpose of the materials.
瓦林表示，她的团队仍在当地进行细致的工作，以估算这些材料的年代和用途。
In particular, the archeologists are now searching for religious-connected materials known as "ritual deposits."
考古学家们目前正在特别寻找被称为“祭祀遗存”的与宗教相关的材料。
These might include flint arrow heads and small knives or daggers.
这些可能包括燧石箭头和小刀或匕首。
Wahlin said the researchers will continue looking for links between the Aars site and other groups, such as those who built Stonehenge.
瓦林表示，研究人员将继续寻找奥斯遗址与其他群体之间的联系，比如建造巨石阵的人群。
She added the influence of other groups had already been found in some objects and graves found in Denmark.
她补充说，在丹麦发现的一些物品和坟墓中，已经发现了其他群体影响的痕迹。
I’m John Russell.
我是约翰·拉塞尔。
John Russell adapted this story based on an AFP report.
约翰·拉塞尔根据法新社的一篇报道改编了这个故事。
