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Megaliths of the World brings together the latest research on megalithic monuments throughout the world. Many of these sites are well known, others less familiar, yet equally deserving of close attention. Megalithic monuments in different regions of the world are far from being a single unified phenomenon, having varied chronologies, and diverse origins, but they all share a certain family resemblance through their common characteristic: the deployment of large stones. No fewer than 150 researchers have contributed 72 articles and inserts, providing a vital region-by region account of the megalithic monuments in their specialist areas, and the current state of knowledge. The insights offered in these volumes emphasize the particular character and significance of these apparently inanimate stones. The use of such large blocks must surely have been an expression of power or prestige, yet the size and materiality of the stones themselves opens up new perspectives into the meaning and symbolism of these monuments, the places from which the blocks were derived, and the way they were manipulated and shaped. Megaliths of the World takes the reader on a fascinating journey, offering new insights through encounters with megaliths and megalithic traditions that will often be new and unfamiliar. Highlighting salient themes, it provides a compendium of detailed information that will be vital to anyone interested in the phenomenon of megalithic monumentality.

Megalithic monuments --- Cyclopean remains --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Monuments --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Megalithic monuments.

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Begun in 1874 and published in 1880, a detailed survey of the stones of Stonehenge was one of the earliest works of William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942), the energetic archaeologist who is remembered as a pioneering Egyptologist. It is reissued here alongside Sir Richard Colt Hoare's 1829 analysis of the barrows surrounding Stonehenge, thus giving modern readers a valuable two-part snapshot of nineteenth-century investigations into this famous site. Hoare (1758-1838), a Wiltshire baronet with a keen interest in archaeology and topography, conducted excavations on the site of the stones in the early 1800s, which were later referred to by Petrie, whose measurements were much more accurate (up to one tenth of an inch). Petrie's numbering system for the stones, as set out in this publication, is still in use today. Many of his groundbreaking works in Egyptology are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

Megalithic monuments. --- Astronomy, Ancient. --- Mounds --- Stonehenge (England) --- England --- Wiltshire (England) --- Antiquities. --- Barrows --- Tumuli --- Archaeology --- Landforms --- Tombs --- Ancient astronomy --- Cyclopean remains --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Monuments --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Antiquities

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La richesse du mégalithisme côtier armoricain a longtemps masqué l’existence d’un autre mégalithisme, celui de la Bretagne intérieure. Bilan de quatre années de fouilles menées de 1982 à 1985, cet ouvrage apporte des éléments nouveaux sur cette architecture mal connue, à travers l’étude de trois monuments du Néolithique et de l’âge du Bronze. Les données classiques de l’archéologie de terrain sont complétées par des études de laboratoire permettant de replacer les mégalithes dans leur environnement, et de démontrer la présence d’un système économique d’échange mettant fin au mythe de l’autarcie au sein de « la grande forêt ». Clin d’œil au passé récent, ce travail comprend également une analyse de l’acculturation moderne de ces monuments en un secteur où l’imaginaire celtique et arthurien est aujourd’hui encore profondément enraciné. The abundance of megaliths on the cost of Brittany has hidden for a long time the existence of megaliths inside the peninsula This work summarizes four years on the field (1982-1985) and brings new informations about this type of architecture, ignored until now, through three monuments from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. Laboratory studies add to classical field data informations allowing to replace the megaliths in their environment and to demonstrate the existence of an economic system based upon exchange, ending the myth of autarky inside “the large forest”. This work also analyses modem acculturations of these monuments settled in an area where celtic and arthurian legend is still very much alive.

Megalithic monuments --- Monuments mégalithiques --- Monuments mégalithiques --- Cyclopean remains --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Monuments --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Brittany (France) --- France --- Antiquities. --- Archaeology --- Néolithique --- géologie --- environnement --- Bretagne --- paléoenvironnement --- funéraire --- mobilier --- tumulus --- mégalithe --- Brocéliande --- Ploërmelais --- Paimpont --- Campénéac --- Néant-sur-Yvel --- Guer-Coëtquidan --- palynologie --- menhir --- allée couverte

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Dans cette nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée du Mégalitisme en Éthiopie. Monuments funéraires protohistoriques du Harar (Museum d'histoire naturelle, 1974), Roger Joussaume étudie les monuments mégalithiques des montagnes du Chercher en Éthiopie. Bien qu'extrêmement répandus, ces derniers restent assez méconnus. Il en existe deux types, que l'auteur étudie sur la base de missions archéologiques menées au début des années 1970: les cistes dolméniques ou daga kofiya, datées du IIe millénaire avant J.-C., et que certains rapprochent de monuments érigés à la même époque au Yémen; les tumulus ou daga tuli, qui ont été construits entre le VIIe et le XIIe siècle et semblent proches des tumulus propres à la culture Shay. S'y ajoutent des hypogées et des tombes en puits, très répandus dans les diverses cultures éthiopiennes, et des sites muraillés situés sur les hauteurs du Chercher qui n'ont quasi jamais donné lieu à des recherches spécifiques. Si de nombreuses interrogations subsistent à propos de ces mégalithes, les recherches de Roger Joussaume permettent de mieux saisir la richesse et la diversité des cultures éthiopiennes. À travers l'étude des différents types de monuments funéraires, c'est tout un ensemble complexe d'échanges de biens, de pratiques, de savoir-faire et de populations que l'auteur met en évidence.

Excavations (Archaeology) --- Antiquities. --- Tombs. --- Megalithic monuments. --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Cyclopean remains --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Monuments --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Archaeological specimens --- Artefacts (Antiquities) --- Artifacts (Antiquities) --- Specimens, Archaeological --- Material culture --- moyen Âge --- mégalithisme --- Éthiopie --- archéologie --- chercher --- préhistoire

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Megalithic monuments --- Petroglyphs --- Archaeoastronomy --- Monuments mégalithiques --- Pétroglyphes --- Archéoastronomie --- Carnac (France) --- Antiquities --- Antiquités --- Antiquities. --- Monuments mégalithiques --- Pétroglyphes --- Archéoastronomie --- Antiquités --- Archeoastronomy --- Astroarchaeology --- Astronomy, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric astronomy --- Astronomy --- Carvings, Rock --- Engravings, Rock --- Rock carvings --- Rock engravings --- Rock inscriptions --- Stone inscriptions --- Inscriptions --- Picture-writing --- Rock paintings --- Cyclopean remains --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Monuments --- Religion, Prehistoric --- Carnac, France --- Megalithic monuments - France - Carnac --- Petroglyphs - France - Carnac --- Archaeoastronomy - France - Carnac --- Carnac (France) - Antiquities