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Megalithic Stone Monuments in France May Be Europe's Oldest - Archaeology Magazine
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Megalithic Stone Monuments in France May Be Europe's Oldest - Archaeology Magazine
Audrey Blanchard of Archeodonum and Jean Noel Guyodo of the University of Nantes during the excavation of Le Plasker. CARNAC, FRANCE—The southern coast of the French region of Brittany is home to one of Europe’s highest concentrations of mysterious megalithic standing stones. More than 10,000 are strewn around a six-mile stretch in the Carnac region, from La Trinité-sur-Mer to Erdeven. Unlike other megalithic monuments, such as Stonehenge, these…
In the Morbihan, Carnac's alignments have long remained a chronological enigma. Their thousands of erect stones, visible between Carnac, Plouharnel and Erdeven, have given rise to many hypotheses about their origin, function and seniority. A French-Swedish team, led by researcher Bettina Schulz Paulsson of the University of Gothenburg, with the participation of Audrey Blanchard (Archeodunum) and Jean-Noël Guyodo (University of Nantes), has just …
The stone steles and tomb monuments in the Breton Carnac are among the most famous buildings of the stone age megalithic culture. Now new finds and their age dates confirm: these monuments are among the oldest megalithic plants in Europe. According to this, the first menhirs in Carnac were built already 6600 to 6,300 years ago, one of the graves even about 6,700 years ago. Between [...] The article Megalith plants of Carnac are among the oldest …
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