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Megalithic Fathom and the average height of man

Some average heights of neolithic male (female are some 5 to 13 cm shorter) found on the web:

163.0 cm (female 150 cm): Japan
162.7 cm (female 154.6 cm): Iran
160.0 cm: Portugal (mesolithic)
161.5 +/- 3.5 cm: Mediterranean Basin
163.0 cm
159.6 cm (female 154.6 cm): Hunter gathering people
170.0 cm
162.2 cm: Tasmania
169.8 +/- 8.8 cm (Hedges [1992], page 190) (female 160.9 cm): Orkney
165 cm (Ginkel [1999], page 93): The Netherlands
162 cm (Ginkel [1999], page 94) (female 154 cm): The Netherlands
170.0 cm (North [1996], page 33) (female 157.5 cm): England

The average of the above averages: 164.1 cm
The quantum found by Thom [1967] within stone circles is 165.4 cm (see also my more extensive calculations). This quantum is quite close to the average height of the neolithic male. So the name Thom gave to this quantum Megalithic Fathom is not far off. Fathom is an old english word meaning: outstretched arms, and according to Leonarda da Vinci this is almost the same as the height of a person.

So it seems that the diameters of stone circles have something to do with the height (or fathom) of man and that also gives a nice possible method how a stone circle was made: People in line with outstretching arms (thus using the Megalithic Fathom) turning around the middle of that line, will survey the perimeter of a stone circle.

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