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Megalithic
Architecture
What is
Megalithic
Architecture?
Megalithic means 'large stone' and
in general, the word is used to refer
to any huge, human-built or
assembled structure or collection of
stones or boulders.
 Megalithic structures were built during

Neolithic Age Bronze Age

 Methods
• A Sled using block timber made of wood
• Use of ramps and lever
• Ropes made of fiber plants
MOST COMMON MEGALITHIC STRUCTURE
DOLMEN or CROMLECH
A dolmen or portal tomb is
a type of single chamber
megalithic tomb, usually
consisting of two or more
upright megaliths,
supporting a large flat
horizontal capstone or tbale
Ganghwa Dolmen
Passage Grave (Tumuli)
Form of megalithic tomb
in which a burial
chamber set in the
center of a barrow is
approacged by means of
a narrow passage
Tumulus- a mound earth
Menhirs (monoliths)
Are single stones set on
end and arrange in
parallel rows, some of
each runs for a several
miles, consist of
thousands of stones
purpose of religious
Well known Megalithic
structures around the
world
Göbekli
Architect:Unknown
Period: c. 9,500 BCE

Tepe Function: Settlement

Location: Örencik, Turkey

is a Neolithic archaeological site in

the Southeastern Anatolia Region of
Turkey. Dated to the Pre-Pottery
Neolithic, between c. 9500 and 8000
BCE, the site comprises a number of
large circular structures supported
by massive stone pillars.
Dolmen Architect: Unknown
Period: c. 3,750 BCE
of Function: Burial mound

Menga Location: Antequera, Málaga,

Spain

The Dolmen of Menga is a tumulus,

or long barrow, type of megalithic
burial mound. It is one of Europe’s
biggest recorded megalithic
structures. It was constructed of 32
megaliths, the biggest weighing
around 200 tons.
Ggantija
Megalithi
Architect Unknown
Period c. 3,600 BCE

c Function
Location
Temple
Valletta, Malta
Temples
of
They Malta
are the earliest of Malta’s
megalithic temples, with the first
building phases dating from 3600 to
3000 BCE. Several of the stone
slabs at the temples of Malta have
circular holes in them at various
spots.
ARTIFACTS FOUND AROUND THE TEMPLE
 Newgrang
e
Architect Unknown
Period c. 3,200 BCE
Function Religious
Location County Meath,
Ireland

Newgrange is in the Irish county of

Meath. It is an incredibly beautiful
Neolithic passage tomb created
approximately 3,200 BCE, making
it older than the Egyptian pyramids
or Stonehenge.
Stonehenge
Architect Unknown
Period c. 3,000 BCE
Function Burial ground,
astronomical observatory
Location Wiltshire, England

For millennia, academics and archaeologists

have pondered over the numerous secrets of
Stonehenge, the prehistoric structure that took
an astonishing 1,500 years to create by Neolithic
craftsmen. It is situated in southern England and
is made up of around 100 enormous upright
stones arranged in a circular pattern.
Brute Strength
Sinking of the stone
 The artists

Raising the lintel

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you