Megalith

The Oracle Bone, which is usually inscription on bones or tortoise shells of the Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty (Turchin, Adams, and Hall). This had been used until the early period of Zhou Dynasty which was right after Shang Dynasty. It is the representative of one of the earliest Chinse characters. This item was very often used by the royal family of Shang Dynasty to predict whether there would be good or bad fortune coming up in the future. Also, the inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells were

Abstract The Dutch Dolmens are one of the foremost heritage sites of the country and continue to at-tract many tourists. However, the Dutch Dolmens have more than one purpose and is visited for spiritual reasons as well. New Age tourism is a topic that has in recent years increasingly been studied by many academics. This thesis has focused on New Age tourism to the Dutch Dolmens, and more specifically their spiritual awareness of the Dutch Dolmens. The research question is therefore: How does New

The appearance of Beaker Bell pottery in Europe is one ceramic innovation which is still not fully understood today (Waddell 2010, 121) as their distribution is irregular stretching from Hungary to Ireland. Several Beaker Bell pottery types have been identified in Britain and Ireland; those of different sizes, ware type (ibid). Many of the pottery that has survived in Ireland are those which have been used for burial, although also used for drinking, storage and cooking (Gibson 2002, In: Waddell

The Stonehenge was during the Neolithic Megaliths period. Megaliths means Big stone, and monoliths means a single piece of rock placed within a monument. The Stonehenge is exactly that a Big stone placed within a monument. Located in Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire,England is the Stonehenge. The first phase of the Stonehenge was built around 3100 B.C.E. The second phase started about 100-200 years later and the third phase started about 400-500 years after that. The grand total build time for the Stonehenge

AR6_SA_U1_L11_LC Introduction and Objective The Neolithic Era, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology. Traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age, the Neolithic commenced with the beginning of farming. Metal tools became widespread, along with the use of wild and domestic crops and of domesticated animals. When people think of pottery, they might think of bowls and cups, of eating and drinking. But pottery can, in fact, be art as well. During the Neolithic

History as we know it has it’s fair share of mysteries. These can range from Stonehenge, to the hanging gardens of Babalon, to Atlantis, to Robin Hood. Now, there is one specific one that will be focused on, the Carnac Stones, including what their purpose was, and what group of people built them. I believe that the purpose of these stones was for a shrine/graveyard type thing, and the people who built them was a Neolithic group of people. First off, the reason for why they were built in the first

This essay aims to compare and contrast the nature of the rituals that would have taken place at any two of the sites that we encountered on our fieldtrip. The two megalithic sites that will be compared and contrasted in this essay will be the passage tomb known as Fourknocks in Co. Meath and the Proleek wedge tomb in Co. Louth. Both of these megalithic tombs characterise the majority of the Irish landscape and are of great importance to archaeologists as they give us an insight to the lifestyles

A BRIEF HISTORY OF IRELAND The beginning of Ireland consisted of ice. Glacial sheets during 16,000 cal BP pervaded across the land, making occupation nearly impossible. It was not until 13,000 cal BP that humans began settling in other parts of Europe (Dowd 2016, 158). Archaeologists have found evidence of Paleolithic settlements around modern Wales, West Scotland, Scandinavia, and Iberia around the same time. It is likely, however, for hunters to have visited Britain only for a few months in order

Change is widespread throughout all time periods, especially when it comes to archaeological artefacts. The Neolithic and Early Bronze age was an important part of Scottish archaeology. These periods took place in between the c.4000- c.2000 BC. While these time periods came right after one another, they are very different. Both the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age archaeology in Scotland, work together to advance the country while still showing differences that help archaeologist date specific

and its many uses. Relics from the Neolithic period are large man-made stone formations, known as megaliths, that were built from 10,000 – 2,000 BCE. Some evolutionary step happened in this time period where humans started to manipulate colossal stones into markers, alignments, fanes,