Dolmens for the Dead Megalith-Building Throughout the World

Roger Joussaume Translated From The French By Anne and Christopher Chippindale

ISBN 10: 080142156X / ISBN 13: 9780801421563

Published by Cornell University Press, U.S.A, 1988

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Collectible Fine Illustrated Hardcover with Fine Mylar Protected Unclipped Dust Jacket First Edition. Cornell University Press, 1988. 1st Edition. 8vo Translated from the French This study looks at British, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch and some of the lesser known megaliths in countries not usually associated with them. Such as Portugal, Israel or India, or even Ethiopia! Scale plans. Photos NOT a library copy Collectible Fine condition. Fine Mylar protected Dust Jacket Three Geese in Flight wrapping first in brown paper to preserve the book. See our Scans.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dolmens for the Dead Megalith-Building Throughout the World
• Publisher: Cornell University Press, U.S.A
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080142156X
• ISBN 13: 9780801421563
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Scottish
  • Welsh
  • Irish

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Synopsis

Looking at the subject of Dolmens, the huge ruins of ancient chamber tombs which are among the most striking and widespread relics of ancient Europe, this book stresses their importance for archaeologists, because of what they tell us about prehistoric burial rites and the insights they give into the structure of ancient society and the pattern of prehistoric religion. Until the 1970s, when radiocarbon dating overturned the old order in European prehistory, it was assumed that the megaliths of northwest Europe could be traced back to the western Mediterranean and from there to the ancient East. But we now know that the European monuments are older than their supposed precursors and that the chamber-tombs of Brittany vie with those of Portugal to be the oldest known structures in the world, well over 6,000 years old. This book, which covers chamber-tombs throughout the world, reveals the unity of purpose and construction which distinguishes them, but it also shows that megalith-building developed simultaneously in different parts of the world.