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Rough stone monuments and their builders (1912)

Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric), 1882-1934 · London, New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 87

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^ .« O ?o o^ Ph M 65 ROUGH STONE MONUMENTS different peoples living side by side. But it hassince been shown that the cremation moundsbelong to a much later period than those whichcontain megalithic graves. In these last theskeletons were found seated around the walls ofthe chamber accompanied by… … Fig. 13. The so-called dolmen-deity, from the tombs of the PetitMorin. (After de Baye.) France has also its rock-hewn tombs, for inthe valley of the Petit-Morin is a series of suchgraves. A trench leads down to the entrance,which is closed by a slab. The chamber itself iscompletely underground. In…

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