Pre-historic times, as illustrated by ancient remains and the manners and customs of modern savages (1892)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 149
Sepulchral Stone Circle. of them, indeed, are small, but some are very large, such as,for instance, those of Odin, Thor, and Freya, at Upsala (seeFrontispiece). Silbury Hill, the greatest in Europe, has aheight of one hundred and thirty feet, and covers five and ahalf acres. FIG 137 … Kits Coty House. The standing stones, or menhirs, also were no doubtgenerally erected in memorial of some particular event, themajority being in fact the tombstones of Archaic times. STONE CIRCLES. 117 In addition to these memorials of the past, ancient campsand fortifications crown many of our…
Archaeology · Indigenous peoples
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