An introduction to the study of social evolution; the prehistoric period . ~^:^!^-T^WSf<i!0 t m D Ittte Manuel It Arch*: 1 t t. Pr hi^tur que FiGiRE 45. Xeolithic Jlonuments, a ilcnir. Britain they are called Druids iVltars and are popu-larly associated with Drnidical rites.*^ Besides themonolithic tj^oe there is the polylithic or cell type ofmonument associated with burial and ancestor-worship. •t See figures 44 and 45. Keunc, op. cit., p. 125. 98 SOCIAL EVOLUTION The tomb is composed of several megaliths—one for thefloor, others upright or on edge, supporting a horizontalslab which covers
An introduction to the study of social evolution; the prehistoric period . ~^:^!^-T^WSf<i!0 t m D Ittte Manuel It Arch*: 1 t t. Pr hi^tur que FiGiRE 45. Xeolithic Jlonuments, a ilcnir. Britain they are called Druids iVltars and are popu-larly associated with Drnidical rites.*^ Besides themonolithic tj^oe there is the polylithic or cell type ofmonument associated with burial and ancestor-worship. •t See figures 44 and 45. Keunc, op. cit., p. 125. 98 SOCIAL EVOLUTION The tomb is composed of several megaliths—one for thefloor, others upright or on edge, supporting a horizontalslab which covers the whole space enclosed.** Some ofthese sepulchral chambers are covered with great piles. From Dfchelclte, Manuel DArcheologie Prehistorique. ] FiGUEE 46. Neolithic Monuments,, a Dolmen. of stpnes or earth. These monuments are known as bar-rows. This was the period when the Swiss lake dwell-ings were constructed.^ The prehistoric monuments ofthe New World are more imposing than these barrowsof the Old World.^ The ruins of palaces, temples, andaqueducts of the ancient Peruvians and the similar colos-sal constructions of the ancient inhabitants of Boliviaand Mexico, surpass most of the other monumental re-mains of prehistoric man. But the men of the neolithic 43 See figure 46. *?> Keaiie, op. cit., p. 121, Lubbock, Pic-llisloric Times, cli. vi, 60 See figure 47.
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