Entrée principale:

Mohen, Jean-Pierre, 1944-

Titre et auteur:

The world of megaliths / Jean-Pierre Mohen ; [translated by Helen McPhail in association with First Edition].

Publication:

New York : Facts on File, 1990.

Description:

318 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Le monde des mégalithes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-289).
[Pt. I.] Sites and legends. Silent giants -- Universality of megaliths -- [pt. II.] Three thousand years of building. In search of the first builders -- Monumental daring -- Spread of megalithic construction -- [pt. III.] Secret of the builders. "Master of the stones" -- Ancestral society -- [pt. IV.] Sacred world of megaliths. Ceremonial centres -- End of megaliths -- [pt. V.] Guide to megaliths.

Résumé:

Examines hundreds of stone megaliths describing their development and searching for answers about the societies that built them.

ISBN:

0816022518 (alk. paper)
9780816022519 (alk. paper)

Sujet:

Megalithic monuments.
Neolithic period.
Monuments mégalithiques.
megalithic monuments.
Megalieten.
Begraafplaatsen.
Neolithicum.
Maatschappij.
Antiquities

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 151327
Cote: GN790 M6 1990
Statut: Disponible