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Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 474

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y spread themselves at some very early prehistoric timeover the whole face of the Old World. When we turn to theSteppes, whence this great family of mankind are supposed tohave migrated, we find it covered with tumuli. As Haxthausen1expresses it, the Kurgans, as they are there called, are… … y £ ipTV, *v\w/k*>*W 194. B;Vba. From Dubois de Montpereux. numbers.1 These tumuli resemble exactly our barrows, such asare seen on Salisbury plain, except that they are generally of verymuch larger dimensions, and they have one peculiarity not knownelsewhere. On the top of each is an upright…

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