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MEGALITHS (Stone Ghosts…)

MEGALITHS (Stone Ghosts…). Start with Neolithic Revolution (New Stone Age) 9000 BC Due to rise in agriculture, farmers spend less time/thought on food, develop spiritual curiosity Priestly class develops Large, permanent building projects. STONEHENGE. Most famous religious Neolithic site

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MEGALITHS (Stone Ghosts…)

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  1. MEGALITHS(Stone Ghosts…) • Start with Neolithic Revolution (New Stone Age) • 9000 BC • Due to rise in agriculture, farmers spend less time/thought on food, develop spiritual curiosity • Priestly class develops • Large, permanent building projects

  2. STONEHENGE • Most famous religious Neolithic site • Salisbury Plain in southern England • Several phases of construction (3100 BC – 1100 BC)

  3. STONEHENGE • Bluestones (earliest semicircle) brought from 385 km away • Sarsens (upright pieces) • Lintels (top cross pieces)

  4. STONEHENGE • No one certain how massive stones brought or erected • Dragged on sledges and rollers? Hauled with ropes of leather or cow hair? • Carried by raft down rivers?

  5. STONEHENGE – PURPOSE? • Massive religious site • Giant Neolithic calendar • Marks summer and winter solstices (rising sun aligned perfected bisecting stone circle) • Still a mystery today • http://exn.ca/mysticplaces/construction.asp

  6. EASTER ISLAND(Rapa Nui) • Island in the South Pacific belongs to Chile • Not known why they were carved • 1400 – 1600 AD • Backs to the sea (may represent spirits of ancestors) • http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/Easter_Island/in • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/dex.html

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