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Man before metals (1902)

Joly, N. (Nicolas), 1812-1885 · London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. · leaf 137

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efs of the tribes grew more powerful, as the familyincreased, the dwellings became more numerous. Newcomers Imilt others; and here we fm<l the cxplanaf ion ofthe fact that all the Nuraghi are not e(|ually well built, K. Desor, Lin Patafittes on comttructiong lam.ifrrs du lac dc Xeiif-chntrl, p.… … Fig. 38. A Sardinian nuraghi f)F the earliest ElOClI. tlie earliesst being constructed siui})ly of natural masses,which had been detaclied from the neighl)ouring rocksand lay scattered upon the ground, while those of a later date are built ofhewn stone, al-though the ma-sonry still re-mains rude.…

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