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.

丹麦的研究人员宣布发现了一堆圆圈集合的木材，据信可以追溯到数千年前。

The team says the wood pieces and some other objects were found during building work in the northwestern Danish town of Aars. 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.

团队说，在丹麦西北城镇AARS的建筑工程中发现了木块和其他一些物体。 这一发现导致研究人员建议将木制碎片放置的人们可能与建立英国著名的巨石石结构的团体有关。

A total of 45 ancient wood pieces were discovered underground last week during building, or construction, work. The pieces formed a circle about 30 meters across.

上周在建筑物或施工工作期间，总共发现了45块古老的木材。 这些碎片形成了一个约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.”

在给法国新闻社法新社的电子邮件中，该镇的Vesthimmerlands博物馆的Sidsel Wahlin描述了这一发现是“一生的发现”。

The circle "points to a strong connection with the British henge world," she added.

她补充说，圈子“指向与英国亨格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.

大英博物馆说，在其网站上，据信在英格兰南部的巨石阵放置的第一批石头已经开始到达公元前3000年左右。

The Danish researchers said they were also looking to see whether an inner circle might also exist where the wooden pieces were found. Wahlin noted that in the past, other wood circles had been found on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.

丹麦的研究人员说，他们还希望查看发现木质碎片的地方是否也可能存在。 瓦林指出，过去，在波罗的海的丹麦岛上发现了其他木圈。

But Wahlin said the circle in Aars was "the first one of this larger type that we can properly investigate.”

但是瓦林说，AARS中的圆圈是“我们可以正确调查的较大类型中的第一个。”

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，其中包括领导者的坟墓和铜剑。

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.

沃林说，她的团队仍在该地区进行详细的工作，以估算材料的年龄和目的。

In particular, the archeologists are now searching for religious-connected materials known as "ritual deposits." These might include flint arrow heads and small knives or daggers.

特别是，考古学家现在正在寻找称为“仪式矿床”的宗教材料。 这些可能包括火石箭头，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. She added the influence of other groups had already been found in some objects and graves found in Denmark.

沃林说，研究人员将继续寻找AARS网站与其他团体（例如建造巨石阵的人）之间的联系。 她补充说，在丹麦发现的一些物体和坟墓中已经发现了其他群体的影响。