A very large stone used in various prehistoric architectures or monumental styles, notably in western Europe during the second millennium B.C.
megalithic meg'a·lith'ic adj.
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A very large stone used in various prehistoric architectures or monumental styles, notably in western Europe during the second millennium B.C.
megalithic meg'a·lith'ic adj.Any large stone which has been sited by humans and which may have been erected as a monument. Most megaliths date from between about 3000 to 2000 years bc. Megaliths may be arranged in rows or circles; the most famous British example is Stonehenge.
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Large block of undressed or partially dressed stone used singly or with other megaliths as prehistoric monuments in c.4000–c.1000 BC. A single standing-stone is a menhir, sometimes arranged in regular rows (as at Carnac, Brittany). Megaliths are also found set in a circle, as at Stonehenge, Wilts. (c.1800 BC), with
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Literally, a big stone. Often applied as a general term to monuments of Neolithic and early Bronze Age date in northwest Europe which incorporate such stones into their construction: for example, chambered tombs, stone circles, and alignments as well as individual standing stones or menhirs. Also used as an abbreviated form of megalithic tomb.
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See G. Daniel, The Megalith Builders of Western Europe (1958); A. Thom, Megalithic Sites in Britain (1967) and Megalithic Lunar Observations (1973); C. Renfrew, Before Civilization (1973); J. Mitchell, Megalithomania (1982); R. Joussaume, Dolmens for the Dead (tr. by A. and C. Chippendale, 1988).
Nederlands (Dutch)
enorm steenblok (m.n. in prehistorisch bouwsel)
Français (French)
n. - mégalithe
Deutsch (German)
n. - Megalith
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μεγάλιθος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - megálito (m) (Geol.)
Español (Spanish)
n. - megalito
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - megalit, stort stenblock
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
巨石
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 巨石
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) حجر ضخم
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אבן גדולה, בייחוד כזו שהוצבה כמצבה או חלק ממנה, מגלית
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