Megalithic Architectures of Europe
Megalithic Architectures of Europe Megalithic monuments are among the most striking remains of the Neolithic period of northern and western Europe and are scattered across landscapes from Pomerania…
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Megalithic Architectures of Europe
Megalithic monuments are among the most striking remains of the Neolithic period of northern and western Europe and are scattered across landscapes from Pomerania to Portugal. More recent research sees them rather as the product of established early farming communities in their individual regions. Antiquarians and archaeologists early recognized the family resemblance of the different groups of tombs, attributing them to maritime peoples moving along the western seaways.
It shows how much is to be learned from detailed attention to the Yet the diversity of the tombs, their chronologies and their varied cultural contexts complicates any straightforward understanding of their origins and distribution.The Megalithic Architectures of Europe provides new insight by focusing on the construction and design of European megalithic tombs - on the tomb as an architectural project.