Module 3: Community & Ritual in Stine Age Europe

Masonry

Work made by a mason whether brickwork or stonework

Dry masonry

Masonry laid without mortar

Megalith

A large block of stone or boulder of irregular shape

Menhir

Single stone standing upright

Trilithon

A prehistoric monument consisting of a horizontal megalith resting on two upright ones

Trabeation

trabeated system of construction; post and linted construction

Skara Brae

Scotland

Carnac Stones

France

True/False: The transition from hunter/gather societies to farming and finally to urban civilization happened in a uniform way across the globe

False

What features suggest that the dwellings at Skara Brae included spaces for a spiritual or ritual practice?

Orientation of shelves directly opposite the entrance

Describe the significance of the arrangement of menhirs at Carnac in France

As the fields spread out, the lines would spread out more and they would be in little groups rather than completely uniform

Where did the blue megaliths used in Stonehenge come from?

Wales

True/False: The avenue, altar, and central trilithon at Stonehenge had a writing system

False

Centralized or longitudinal?

Centralized

Centralized or longitudinal?

Longitudinal