HOA PRELIM PREHISTORIC WEEK 2

PRE- HISTORIC PERIOD

the age of stones

and monuments.

MONOLITHS

are single/ large upright stones

MENHIRS

known in Western France as ______ also called as Monolith

maen

means a stone

HIR

means high/long

MENHIR COLLECTION- CARNAC STONES, BRITTANY

exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites around the French village of Carnac, in Brittany, consisting of alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs.

Carnac Stones in Brittany

LARGEST MEGALITHIC SITE IN THE WORLD

MENEC ALIGNMEN, KERMARIO ALIGNMENT, KERLESCAN ALIGNMENT

three major groups of stone rows or stone alignments

Ménec alignments

most well-known megalithic site among the Carnac stones

Eleven converging rows of menhirs stretching for 1,165 by 100 meters

DOLMENS

A prehistoric monument consisting of

two or more large upright stones

supporting a horizontal stone slab

single chamber megalithic structure

is the name sometimes applied to

two or more upright stones

supporting a horizontal slab.

CROMLECH

may be

used for three or more upright

stones, capped by a flat stone

aka PORTAL TOMB

• Hole of the quern stones/ Hole of the sorrows

• Funerary/ burying place

• Unofficial Public Observatory

Single chamber dolmen (Ireland) is used for?

BROWNSHILL DOLMEN (IRELAND)

Heaviest capstone in Europe

• Also, the largest dolmen in Europe

• Built by Farmers

KOREAN DOLMEN (GOINDOL- MEANS SUPPORTED SLAB)

Largest concentration of dolmens in the world/ 35,000 dolmens

• UNESCO World Heritage Site (Gochang, Hwasun, Gangwa)

• No theory on the origin

STONE HENGE (ENGLAND)

The last and the most famous cromlech/ prehistoric monument in the world;

• Built in several stage/ 100 upright circular stones

• UNESCO WORLD Heritage Site (1986)

STONE HENGE (ENGLAND)

Burial Site/ Ceremonial Rites/ Religious Pilgrimage Destination

• Final resting place of Royalty

• Astrological Phenomenon (Astronomical Calendar/ Equinox/ Solstice/ eclipse