Megalithic Cultures of Europe
Sassoon
"What is stonehenge; it is the roofless past; Man's runious myth; his uninterred adoring; of the unknown in sunrise cold and red; His quest of stars that arch his doomed exploring. and what is time but shadows that were cast by these ... seigfried sasson(1961)
Defined
majority of neolithic megalith builders concentrate in 4000-2000 BC
Coastal Areas of Europe
Like Adena and Hopewell, these folks share certain beliefs.
Types of Megalith
Menhir
Carnac, France
largest 75 feet tall
hundreds and hundreds of stones
some in rows
circles
Why?
Tombs
dolmen
Topic
passage grave
Topic
gallery grave
Topic
Henge
Topic
multiple individuals with no high qual grave goods
Earlier and Later Tomb movements
earlier
youthful farmers
later
chiefdom
Stonehenge, England
location
salisbury plain, SW England
part of a much larger ceremonial complex
time
built between 3000 and 1500 B.C.
use?
astronomical measurement instrument
Megalithic Cultures of Europe
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Megalithic Cultures of Europe