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The world of megaliths
- Title
- The world of megaliths / Jean-Pierre Mohen ; [translated by Helen McPhail in association with First Edition].
- Author
- Mohen, Jean-Pierre, 1944-
- Publication
- New York : Facts on File, 1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GN790 .M7413 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 318 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
- Summary
- Examines hundreds of stone megaliths describing their development and searching for answers about the societies that built them.
- Uniform Title
- Monde des mégalithes. English
- Alternative Title
- Monde des mégalithes.
- Subject
- Note
- Translation of: Le monde des mégalithes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-289).
- Contents
- [Pt. I.] Sites and legends. Silent giants -- Universality of megaliths -- [pt. II.] Three thousand years of building. In search of the first builders -- Monumental daring -- Spread of megalithic construction -- [pt. III.] Secret of the builders. "Master of the stones" -- Ancestral society -- [pt. IV.] Sacred world of megaliths. Ceremonial centres -- End of megaliths -- [pt. V.] Guide to megaliths.
- ISBN
- 0816022518
- 9780816022519
- LCCN
- 89016972
- OCLC
- ocm20057073
- 20057073
- SCSB-1749389
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library