Significance of Megalithic Monuments in Atlantic Europe?

Heritage Daily ^ | September 15, 2013 | Ashleigh Murszewski

[SunkenCiv]

An archaeologists analysis on how the construction of megalithic monuments in Atlantic Europe are not restricted to a single purpose, nor how they reflect one aspect of the community that built them... well-rounded evidence for practical and symbolic components of the early agricultural lifestyle within the Neolithic. Depictions in the architecture of these structures explore complex symbolism and the socio-ritual interactions where monuments offer places for gatherings...

Megalithic monuments of Atlantic Europe have long attracted attention from those who are interested in the early past of mankind. The word megalith originates from the Greek, meaning ‘great stone’ and is used when describing stone structures set upright in the Earth dated from 5000 to 500 BC in Atlantic Europe...

The two largest Megalithic lunar observatories in Europe are those in Carnac and Stonehenge, which both operate in different principles. In Carnac, it is seen from a universal foresight from eight distant positions round it where the Moon rises or sets behind the stone at one or other of the standstills.

Stonehenge is dated around 2800 BC and has been extensively studied to illustrate lunar cycles. The construction of Stonehenge was undertaken in multiple stages, where the building stage labelled Phase 3-A brought about the spectacular monument that we see today (Service & Bradbery, 1979).

Each of the upright stones is evenly spaced around the circle and occupies the space of 1 rod; with each of the gaps in between is half a rod (MacKie, 1977). Thom argues that this arrangement closely fits into the geometrical schemes that have been superimposed over them, where true north clips the ends of two opposing stones. The strong correlation with these megalithic structures and astronomy reflects that their makers had a solid grasp with the nature of the tides, moon and the sun.

[blueunicorn6]

Man....I know Labs are smart, but telling time with bones? Wow.

[Pharmboy]

Wow...brings back memories. Wife and I spent 11 days in Ireland 2 years ago and we visited that exact spot. The Burren is among the most amazing places I have ever been to. The New Mexico desert is another. Thanks for posting.

[Ezekiel]

Ha, adorable. :)

[philetus]

I never could get the toilet to flush

[Daffynition]

It's math. He's a meth lab.

and integrate f along Γ. On the "top" part of [−a,a] we get the integral that we want. On the "bottom" part, the square root will pick up a minus sign from the branch cut and another minus sign from the orientation. It's straight forward to check that the integrals over the small circles tend to 0 as their radii tend to 0, and the integral over the large circle is basically the residue of f at ∞. More precisely, by the residue theorem

2∫a−aa2−x2−−−−−−√x2+1dx=2πi(Res(f;i)+Res(f;−i)−Res(f;∞))=2πi(a2+1−−−−−√2i+−a2+1−−−−−√−2i+i)

which simplifies to the stated equality. (Note that Res(f;∞)=Res(−1z2f(1z);0).)

[Daffynition]

Mchenge

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

I see this I think of a platform for cremation. I wonder if there is any evidence of carbon or burning on the top? The Ashes would go into the tomb once done.

Zoroastrians practice an open air burial. They have platforms where they place the lay the bodies and let the elements and the scavengers do the rest. They would have an elevated platform similar to this.

[SatinDoll]

Was there an explanation on why there was a fortress on the Atlantic shore of Inishmore? Like, who they feared would invade or were at odds with at the time?

That edifice indicates a huge expenditure in manpower and effort. There had to be a very good reason for its existence.

[Condor51]

[central_va]

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[ConorMacNessa]

There is much speculation as to the reason for its location. A portion of the structure has fallen into the Atlantic as the limestone underpinning the cliffs is worn away by the sea:



Link to Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BAn_Aonghasa

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