Packet C: Tossup 2

Local legends about Neolithic tombs in this country called kistvaens (“kissed-vains”) include one about a farmer stealing a heart-shaped flint from one. (10[1])A 1996 television program aired in this country overemphasized genetic similarities between a local history teacher (10[1])and a Mesolithic (10[1])skeleton (10[7])that was later (10[1])shown (10[1])to have had dark (10[1])skin. (10[5])A (10[1])chalk-filled (10[6])hill figure of a horse (10[4])in this (10[1])country (10[3]-5[2])dates (10[3])from (10[2])the Bronze Age, (10[3])unlike (10[1])the Cerne (10[1]-5[1])(“surn”) Abbas (-5[1])Giant. (10[3])Bone fragments discovered in this country were fraudulently passed off (10[1]-5[1])as Piltdown (10[1])Man, (10[2]-5[1])a supposed (10[4])“missing link” (10[1])in human evolution. (10[1]-5[1])A ring of standing stones aligned (10[1])toward (10[2]-5[1])sunrise (10[2])and sunset (10[1])on the summer and winter solstices (10[1])is found on this country’s Salisbury Plain. (10[2])For 10 points, name this country whose ancient sites include Stonehenge. (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

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