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Rough stone monuments and their builders (1912)

Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric), 1882-1934 · London, New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 120

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eria, also a posses-sion of Italy. Here megalithic remains both of 96 AFRICA, MALTA, ETC. dwellings and of tombs have been found. On theplateau of the Mursia are the remains of rect-huts made of rough blocks of stone. angular These huts seemed to have formed a village,which was surrounded by a wall… … Fig. 20. Plan of the Sese Grande, Pantelleria.(Orsi, Momimenti Antichi, IX.) in form. They are locally known as sesi. Thesmaller are of truncated conical shape, the circularchamber being entered by a low door and havinga corbelled roof. In one of the sesi a skeleton wasfound buried in the…

Megalithic monuments · Prehistoric peoples · Archaeology · Paleontology

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