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The '''Packer Culture''' was the last {{Wp|Paleolithic}} society to form in the [[Vandarch|Vandarch Basin]] prior to the arrival of the [[Fhainnin civilization|Fenni]] people, and existed from at least 70,000 BC or earlier to approximately 5,000 BC, with its decline beginning around 6,000 BC due to Fenni settlement. Packer culture was largely rediscovered after the 1840s, as their namesake, Packing Stones, were believed to have been Celtic in nature by previous scholars and disregarded as the previous sites of pagan idols. In large part, this was due to many Celtic peoples using guidestones similar in appearance to some Packer Culture stones. | The '''Packer Culture''' was the last {{Wp|Paleolithic}} society to form in the [[Vandarch|Vandarch Basin]] prior to the arrival of the [[Fhainnin civilization|Fenni]] people, and existed from at least 70,000 BC or earlier to approximately 5,000 BC, with its decline beginning around 6,000 BC due to Fenni settlement. Packer culture was largely rediscovered after the 1840s, as their namesake, Packing Stones, were believed to have been Celtic in nature by previous scholars and disregarded as the previous sites of pagan idols. In large part, this was due to many Celtic peoples using guidestones similar in appearance to some Packer Culture stones. | ||
The modern understanding of Packer Culture is largely due to Mark Belham and Yyves Pascal, a pair of Fhainnin and Burgundine archaeologists who confirmed the existence of the Packer Culture in 1843 and continued through the 1860s. Prior to their discoveries, many Packer artifacts had been either destroyed or mislabeled, often during periods of religious repression. | The modern understanding of Packer Culture is largely due to Mark Belham and Yyves Pascal, a pair of Fhainnin and Burgundine archaeologists who confirmed the existence of the Packer Culture in 1843 and continued research into it through the 1860s. Prior to their discoveries, many Packer artifacts had been either destroyed or mislabeled, often during periods of religious repression. | ||
==Packing Stones== | ==Packing Stones== | ||
[[File:Stone Slab to the North of Knowlton Henge.jpg|thumb|The only publicly-viewable example of a pressing stone, with a faint relief of a wave shape damaged by exposure.]] | [[File:Stone Slab to the North of Knowlton Henge.jpg|thumb|The only publicly-viewable example of a pressing stone, with a faint relief of a wave shape damaged by exposure.]] | ||