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article is about ancient <a href="/wiki/Megalithic" class="mw-redirect" title="Megalithic">megalithic</a> stone circles. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Stone_circle_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Stone circle (disambiguation)">Stone circle (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Swinside_(p4160146).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Swinside_%28p4160146%29.jpg/350px-Swinside_%28p4160146%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Swinside_%28p4160146%29.jpg/525px-Swinside_%28p4160146%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Swinside_%28p4160146%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="403" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Swinside" title="Swinside">Swinside</a> stone circle, <a href="/wiki/Cumbria" title="Cumbria">Cumbria</a>, England</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bryn_Cader_Faner_stone_circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_185579.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Bryn_Cader_Faner_stone_circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_185579.jpg/350px-Bryn_Cader_Faner_stone_circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_185579.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Bryn_Cader_Faner_stone_circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_185579.jpg/525px-Bryn_Cader_Faner_stone_circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_185579.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Bryn_Cader_Faner_stone_circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_185579.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Cader_Faner" title="Bryn Cader Faner">Bryn Cader Faner</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Wales" title="North Wales">North Wales</a>, a Welsh <a href="/wiki/Ring_cairn" title="Ring cairn">ring cairn</a> / tumulus often misinterpreted as a stone circle</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>stone circle</b> is a ring of megalithic <a href="/wiki/Standing_stone" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing stone">standing stones</a>. Most are found in <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Europe" title="Northwestern Europe">Northwestern Europe</a> – especially <a href="/wiki/Stone_circles_in_the_British_Isles_and_Brittany" title="Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany">Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany</a> – and typically date from the <a href="/wiki/Late_Neolithic" title="Late Neolithic">Late Neolithic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Early_Bronze_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Early Bronze Age">Early Bronze Age</a>, with most being built between 3300 to 2500 BC. The best known examples include those at the <a href="/wiki/Henge" title="Henge">henge</a> monument at <a href="/wiki/Avebury" title="Avebury">Avebury</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Rollright_Stones" title="Rollright Stones">Rollright Stones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castlerigg_stone_circle" title="Castlerigg stone circle">Castlerigg</a>, and elements within the ring of standing stones at <a href="/wiki/Stonehenge" title="Stonehenge">Stonehenge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scattered examples exist from other parts of Europe. Later, during the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age_Europe" title="Iron Age Europe">Iron Age</a>, stone circles were <a href="/wiki/Stone_circle_(Iron_Age)" title="Stone circle (Iron Age)">built in southern Scandinavia</a>. </p><p>The archetypical stone circle is an uncluttered enclosure, large enough to congregate inside, and composed of megalithic stones. Often similar structures are named 'stone circle', but these names are either historic, or incorrect. Examples of commonly misinterpreted stone circles are <a href="/wiki/Ring_cairn" title="Ring cairn">ring cairns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tumulus" title="Tumulus">burial mounds</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kerb_cairn" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerb cairn">kerb cairns</a>. Although it is often assumed there are thousands of stone circles across the British Isles and Europe, such enclosures are actually very rare, and constitute a regional form of <a href="/wiki/Henge" title="Henge">henge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Examples of true stone circles include <a href="/wiki/Long_Meg_and_Her_Daughters" title="Long Meg and Her Daughters">Long Meg and Her Daughters</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cumbria" title="Cumbria">Cumbria</a>, henges with inner stones such as <a href="/wiki/Avebury" title="Avebury">Avebury</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Maidens" title="The Merry Maidens">The Merry Maidens</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>. </p><p>Stone circles are usually grouped in terms of the shape and size of the stones, the span of their radius, and their population within the local area. Although many theories have been advanced to explain their use, usually related to providing a setting for ceremony or ritual, no consensus exists among archaeologists regarding their intended function. Their construction often involved considerable communal effort, including specialist tasks such as planning, quarrying, transportation, laying the foundation trenches, and final construction.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dates_and_archaeology">Dates and archaeology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Dates and archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Growing evidence suggests that megalithic constructions began as early as 5000 BC in northwestern France<sup id="cite_ref-Paulsson.2019_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paulsson.2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that the custom and techniques spread via sea routes throughout Europe and the Mediterranean region from there.<sup id="cite_ref-Paulsson.2019_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paulsson.2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Carnac_Stones" class="mw-redirect" title="Carnac Stones">Carnac Stones</a> in France are estimated to have been built around 4500 BC,<sup id="cite_ref-bc_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and many of the formations include megalithic stone circles. </p><p>The earliest stone circles in Britain were erected 3200–2500 BC,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> during the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Neolithic" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Neolithic">Middle Neolithic</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 3200</span>–2500 BC). Around that time, stone circles began to be built in the coastal and lowland areas towards the north of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Langdale_axe_industry" title="Langdale axe industry">Langdale axe industry</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Lake_District" title="Lake District">Lake District</a> may have been an important <a href="/wiki/Castlerigg_stone_circle" title="Castlerigg stone circle">early centre for circle building</a>, perhaps because of its economic power. Many had closely set stones, perhaps similar to the earth banks of <a href="/wiki/Henge" title="Henge">henges</a>. Others were constructed from boulders placed stably on the ground rather than standing stones held erect by a foundation trench. Recent research shows that the two oldest stone circles in Britain (<a href="/wiki/Stones_of_Stenness" class="mw-redirect" title="Stones of Stenness">Stenness</a> on <a href="/wiki/Orkney" title="Orkney">Orkney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Callanish_Stones" title="Callanish Stones">Callanish</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Lewis" title="Isle of Lewis">Isle of Lewis</a>) were constructed to align with solar and lunar positions.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most sites do not contain evidence of human dwelling, suggesting that stone circles were constructed for ceremonies. Sometimes, a stone circle is found in association with a burial pit or burial chamber, but most of these monuments have no such known association because of a lack of archaeological investigation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recumbent_and_axial_stone_circle">Recumbent and axial stone circle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recumbent and axial stone circle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aquhorties_Recumbent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Aquhorties_Recumbent.jpg/220px-Aquhorties_Recumbent.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Aquhorties_Recumbent.jpg/330px-Aquhorties_Recumbent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Aquhorties_Recumbent.jpg/440px-Aquhorties_Recumbent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="362" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Easter_Aquhorthies" class="mw-redirect" title="Easter Aquhorthies">Easter Aquhorthies</a> recumbent stone circle near <a href="/wiki/Inverurie" title="Inverurie">Inverurie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire" title="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire</a>, Scotland</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dunnideer_Remnants_of_Recumbent_Stone_Circle.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Dunnideer_Remnants_of_Recumbent_Stone_Circle.JPG/220px-Dunnideer_Remnants_of_Recumbent_Stone_Circle.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Dunnideer_Remnants_of_Recumbent_Stone_Circle.JPG/330px-Dunnideer_Remnants_of_Recumbent_Stone_Circle.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Dunnideer_Remnants_of_Recumbent_Stone_Circle.JPG/440px-Dunnideer_Remnants_of_Recumbent_Stone_Circle.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3696" data-file-height="2464" /></a><figcaption>Dunnideer recumbent stone circle near <a href="/wiki/Insch" title="Insch">Insch</a>, Aberdeenshire, Scotland</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Recumbent_stone_circle" title="Recumbent stone circle">Recumbent stone circle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Axial_stone_circle" title="Axial stone circle">Axial stone circle</a></div> <p>Recumbent stone circles are a variation containing a single large stone placed on its side. The stones are often ordered by height, with the tallest being the portals, with gradually reducing heights around each side of the circle, down to the recumbent stone, which is the lowest.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This type is found throughout the British Isles and Brittany, with 71 examples in Scotland<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at least 20 in south-west Ireland. In the latter nation they are generally called <a href="/wiki/Axial_stone_circle" title="Axial stone circle">axial stone circles</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Drombeg_stone_circle" title="Drombeg stone circle">Drombeg stone circle</a> near <a href="/wiki/Rosscarbery" title="Rosscarbery">Rosscarbery</a>, County Cork. </p><p>Scottish recumbent circles are usually flanked by the two largest of the standing stones immediately on either side. These are known as 'flankers'. The stones are commonly graded in height with the lowest stones being diametrically opposite to the tall flankers. The circle commonly contains a <a href="/wiki/Ring_cairn" title="Ring cairn">ring cairn</a> and cremation remains. </p><p>Irish axial stone circles are found in Cork and Kerry counties. These do not have tall flanking stones on either side of the recumbent stone. Instead, there are two tall stones at the side of the circle opposite the recumbent stone. 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Often the portals are turned so that their flat sides face each other, rather than facing the centre of the circle. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Concentric_stone_circle">Concentric stone circle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Concentric stone circle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Stone_circle" title="Special:EditPage/Stone circle">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2011</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A concentric stone circle is a type of prehistoric monument consisting of a circular or oval arrangement of two or more stone circles set within one another. They were in use from the late Neolithic to the end of the early Bronze Age and are found in England and Scotland. </p><p>Cobble pavements have been found in the centre of many examples. Connected features at some sites include central mounds, outlying standing stones, and avenues or circular banks on which the stones are set. Alternatively, they may be replicas of earlier <a href="/wiki/Timber_circle" title="Timber circle">timber circles</a> rebuilt in stone, especially the examples in <a href="/wiki/Wessex" title="Wessex">Wessex</a>. </p><p>A funerary purpose is thought to be likely, especially by <a href="/wiki/Aubrey_Burl" title="Aubrey Burl">Aubrey Burl</a>. He thought that such sites in Cumbria are analogous to the <a href="/wiki/Megalithic_architectural_elements#kerb" title="Megalithic architectural elements">kerbs</a> that surround some <a href="/wiki/Chamber_tomb" title="Chamber tomb">chamber tombs</a>. Burials have been found at all excavated concentric stone circles: both inhumations and cremations. The burnt remains have been found either within an urn or placed directly in the earth. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution">Distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_stone_circles" title="List of stone circles">List of stone circles</a></div> <p>Megalithic monuments are found in especially great number on the European <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Europe" title="Atlantic Europe">Atlantic fringe</a> and in the British Isles.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Great_Britain_and_Ireland">Great Britain and Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Great Britain and Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cornish_stone_circle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cornish_stone_circle.jpg/220px-Cornish_stone_circle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cornish_stone_circle.jpg/330px-Cornish_stone_circle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cornish_stone_circle.jpg/440px-Cornish_stone_circle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Cornish stone circle</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:County_Cork_-_Drombeg_stone_circle_-_20150328102444.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/County_Cork_-_Drombeg_stone_circle_-_20150328102444.jpg/220px-County_Cork_-_Drombeg_stone_circle_-_20150328102444.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/County_Cork_-_Drombeg_stone_circle_-_20150328102444.jpg/330px-County_Cork_-_Drombeg_stone_circle_-_20150328102444.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/County_Cork_-_Drombeg_stone_circle_-_20150328102444.jpg/440px-County_Cork_-_Drombeg_stone_circle_-_20150328102444.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="728" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Drombeg_stone_circle" title="Drombeg stone circle">Drombeg stone circle</a>, County Cork, Ireland</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carrigagulla_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Carrigagulla_03.jpg/220px-Carrigagulla_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Carrigagulla_03.jpg/330px-Carrigagulla_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Carrigagulla_03.jpg/440px-Carrigagulla_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1561" data-file-height="1022" /></a><figcaption>Stone circle at the <a href="/wiki/Carrigagulla" title="Carrigagulla">Carrigagulla</a> complex, County Cork, Ireland</figcaption></figure> <p>There are approximately 1300 stone circles in Britain and Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Experts disagree on whether the construction of megaliths in Britain developed independently or was imported from mainland Europe. </p><p> A 2019 comprehensive radiocarbon dating study of megalithic structures across Europe and the British Isles concluded that construction techniques were spread to other communities via sea routes, starting from north-western France.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Paulsson.2019_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Paulsson.2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast, the French archaeologist Jean-Pierre Mohen in his book <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Le Monde des Megalithes</i></span></i> wrote that the British Isles are </p><blockquote><p>"outstanding in the abundance of standing stones, and the variety of circular architectural complexes of which they formed a part ... strikingly original, they have no equivalent elsewhere in Europe – strongly supporting the argument that the builders were independent."</p></blockquote><p>Some theories suggest that invaders from Brittany may have been responsible for constructing Stonehenge.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although stone circles are widely distributed across the island, Ireland has two main concentrations: in the <a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">Cork</a>/<a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">Kerry</a> area and in mid-<a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a>. The latter typically consist of a greater number of small stones, usually <span class="nowrap">1' (0.3 metres)</span> high, and are often found in upland areas and on sites that also contain a <a href="/wiki/Stone_row" title="Stone row">stone alignment</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Cork%E2%80%93Kerry_stone_circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Cork–Kerry stone circle">Cork–Kerry stone circles</a> tend to be more irregular in shape with larger but fewer and more widely-spaced <a href="/wiki/Orthostat" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthostat">orthostats</a> around the axial stone.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continental_Europe">Continental Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Continental Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Examples can be found throughout Continental Europe, from the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a> to <a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a>. Locations in France include several in Brittany (two on the island of <a href="/wiki/Er_Lannic" title="Er Lannic">Er Lannic</a> and two more suggested at <a href="/wiki/Carnac" title="Carnac">Carnac</a>), several in the south of France on the <a href="/wiki/Causse_de_Blandas" title="Causse de Blandas">Causse de Blandas</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Cevennes" class="mw-redirect" title="Cevennes">Cevennes</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Pyrenees" title="Pyrenees">Pyrenees</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in the Alps (e.g. the <a href="/wiki/Petit_Saint_Bernard" class="mw-redirect" title="Petit Saint Bernard">Petit Saint Bernard</a>). One notable stone circle is in the Italian Alps.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As early as 1579, scholars in Germany described large erect stone circles near <a href="/wiki/Ballenstedt" title="Ballenstedt">Ballenstedt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bakker2010_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bakker2010-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, a stone circle (<a href="/wiki/Beglik_Tash" title="Beglik Tash">Beglik Tash</a>) was discovered in Bulgaria near the Black Sea. </p><p>There are several examples in the <a href="/wiki/Alentejo" title="Alentejo">Alentejo</a> region of Portugal, the oldest and most complete being the <a href="/wiki/Almendres_Cromlech" title="Almendres Cromlech">Almendres Cromlech</a> near the regional capital of <a href="/wiki/%C3%89vora" title="Évora">Évora</a> and within its municipality. Remains of many others consist only of the central <a href="/wiki/Dolmen" title="Dolmen">anta</a> (as they are known in the Alentejo). This sometimes appears to have been used as an altar but more often as a central burial structure, originally surrounded by megaliths that show only sparsely survived erosion and human activities.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These circles are also known as <i><a href="/wiki/Harrespil" title="Harrespil">harrespil</a></i> in the <a href="/wiki/Basque_Country_(autonomous_community)" title="Basque Country (autonomous community)">Basque country</a>, where villagers call them <i><a href="/wiki/Mairu" title="Mairu">mairu</a>-baratz</i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Jentil" title="Jentil">jentil</a>-baratz,</i> meaning "pagan garden (cemetery)". They refer to <a href="/wiki/Giant_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Giant (mythology)">mythological giants</a> of the pre-Christian era. No example has survived in a good state of preservation, but, like the Alentejo, the Basque Country is dotted with eroded and vandalized examples of many such structures. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Africa">Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ancient stone circles are found throughout the <a href="/wiki/Horn_of_Africa" title="Horn of Africa">Horn of Africa</a>. <a href="/wiki/Booco" title="Booco">Booco</a> in northeastern <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a> contains a number of such old structures. Small stone circles here surround two enclosed platform monuments, which are set together. The circles of stone are believed to mark associated graves.<sup id="cite_ref-Tpficss_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tpficss-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At <a href="/w/index.php?title=Emba_Derho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emba Derho (page does not exist)">Emba Derho</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_highlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethiopian highlands">Ethiopian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eritrean_highlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Eritrean highlands">Eritrean highlands</a>, two kinds of megalithic circles are found. The first type consists of single stone circles, whereas the second type comprises an inner circle enclosed within a larger circle (i.e. double stone circles).<sup id="cite_ref-Verlag_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Verlag-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Senegambian_Megaliths.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Senegambian_Megaliths.jpg/220px-Senegambian_Megaliths.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Senegambian_Megaliths.jpg/330px-Senegambian_Megaliths.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Senegambian_Megaliths.jpg/440px-Senegambian_Megaliths.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3511" data-file-height="1970" /></a><figcaption>Stone circles and other megalithic monuments in <a href="/wiki/Senegambia" title="Senegambia">Senegambia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Senegambian_stone_circles" title="Senegambian stone circles">Senegambian stone circles</a> are found on the western side of the continent. The individual groups are dated from 700 A.D. to 1350 A.D, and 1145 sites were mapped in a 1982 study.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asia">Asia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Stone_circle" title="Special:EditPage/Stone circle">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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The locality is now submerged near the Levantine Mediterranean coast. </p><p>Other locations include India or Japan. See more in the relevant <a href="/wiki/Category:Stone_circles_in_Asia" title="Category:Stone circles in Asia">Wikipedia category</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_Also">See Also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See Also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senegambian_stone_circles" title="Senegambian stone circles">Senegambian Stone Circles</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFIbbotson2024" class="citation book cs1">Ibbotson, Adam Morgan (2024). <i>Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments</i> (2nd ed.). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 January</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Aethiopica%3A+International+Journal+of+Ethiopian+Studies&rft.pages=27&rft.pub=Harrassowitz+Verlag&rft.date=2004&rft.au=Institut+f%C3%BCr+Afrikanistik+und+A%E1%BA%97hiopistik+%E2%80%93+Universit%C3%A4t+Hamburg&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0_svAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStone+circle" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCurdy1982" class="citation journal cs1">Curdy, Philippe (1982-01-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/64976455/Mbolop_Tob%C3%A9_Santhiou_Kohel_S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal_Contribution_%C3%A0_la_connaissance_du_m%C3%A9galithisme_s%C3%A9n%C3%A9gambien?auto=download">"Mbolop Tobé (Santhiou Kohel, Sénégal). Contribution à la connaissance du mégalithisme sénégambien"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Mbolop+Tob%C3%A9+%28Santhiou+Kohel%2C+S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal%29.+Contribution+%C3%A0+la+connaissance+du+m%C3%A9galithisme+s%C3%A9n%C3%A9gambien&rft.date=1982-01-01&rft.aulast=Curdy&rft.aufirst=Philippe&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F64976455%2FMbolop_Tob%25C3%25A9_Santhiou_Kohel_S%25C3%25A9n%25C3%25A9gal_Contribution_%25C3%25A0_la_connaissance_du_m%25C3%25A9galithisme_s%25C3%25A9n%25C3%25A9gambien%3Fauto%3Ddownload&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStone+circle" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Cite journal requires <code class="cs1-code">|journal=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCurdy1982" class="citation journal cs1">Curdy, Philippe (1982-01-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/64976455/Mbolop_Tob%C3%A9_Santhiou_Kohel_S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal_Contribution_%C3%A0_la_connaissance_du_m%C3%A9galithisme_s%C3%A9n%C3%A9gambien?auto=download">"Mbolop Tobé (Santhiou Kohel, Sénégal). 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New Haven and London: Yale University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-300-08347-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-300-08347-7"><bdi>978-0-300-08347-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Stone+Circles+of+Britain%2C+Ireland+and+Brittany&rft.place=New+Haven+and+London&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-300-08347-7&rft.aulast=Burl&rft.aufirst=Aubrey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fstonecirclesofbr0000burl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStone+circle" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Bra98" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bradley_(archaeologist)" title="Richard Bradley (archaeologist)">Bradley, Richard</a> (1998). <i>The Significance of Monuments: On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe</i>. London: Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-15204-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-15204-4"><bdi>978-0-415-15204-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Significance+of+Monuments%3A+On+the+Shaping+of+Human+Experience+in+Neolithic+and+Bronze+Age+Europe&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-415-15204-4&rft.aulast=Bradley&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStone+circle" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Chi47" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/V._Gordon_Childe" title="V. Gordon Childe">Childe, V. Gordon</a> (1947). <i>Prehistoric Communities of the British Isles </i>(second edition)<i><span></span></i>. Glasgow and London: Gilmour & Dean Ltd.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Prehistoric+Communities+of+the+British+Isles+%28second+edition%29&rft.place=Glasgow+and+London&rft.pub=Gilmour+%26+Dean+Ltd.&rft.date=1947&rft.aulast=Childe&rft.aufirst=V.+Gordon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStone+circle" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurphy1997" class="citation book cs1">Murphy, Cornelius (1997). <i>The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork</i>. Department of Archaeology - <a href="/wiki/University_College_Cork" title="University College Cork">University College Cork</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Prehistoric+Archaeology+of+the+Beara+Peninsula%2C+Co.+Cork&rft.pub=Department+of+Archaeology+-+University+College+Cork&rft.date=1997&rft.aulast=Murphy&rft.aufirst=Cornelius&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStone+circle" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Tho99" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Thomas" title="Julian Thomas">Thomas, Julian</a> (1999). <i>Understanding the Neolithic</i>. London: Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-20767-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-20767-6"><bdi>978-0-415-20767-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Understanding+the+Neolithic&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-0-415-20767-6&rft.aulast=Thomas&rft.aufirst=Julian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStone+circle" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoanne_Parker2009" class="citation book cs1">Joanne Parker, ed. (2009). <i>Written On Stone: The Cultural Reception of British Prehistoric Monuments</i>. Cambridge Scholars. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4438-1338-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4438-1338-9"><bdi>978-1-4438-1338-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Written+On+Stone%3A+The+Cultural+Reception+of+British+Prehistoric+Monuments&rft.pub=Cambridge+Scholars&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-4438-1338-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStone+circle" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRonald_E._Hicks1981" class="citation web cs1">Ronald E. Hicks (1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FacLectures&CISOPTR=2667&REC=1">"Henges and stone circles, ritual and archaeoastronomy: archaeological research in Ireland and Great Britain"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Henges+and+stone+circles%2C+ritual+and+archaeoastronomy%3A+archaeological+research+in+Ireland+and+Great+Britain&rft.date=1981&rft.au=Ronald+E.+Hicks&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdmr.bsu.edu%2Fcdm4%2Fdocument.php%3FCISOROOT%3D%2FFacLectures%26CISOPTR%3D2667%26REC%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStone+circle" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stone_circle&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Verna">Santa Verna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skorba_Temples" title="Skorba Temples">Skorba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%27_%C4%A6a%C4%A1rat_Temples" title="Ta' Ħaġrat Temples">Ta' Ħaġrat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ta%27_Mar%C5%BCiena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ta' Marżiena (page does not exist)">Ta' Marżiena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ta%27_Raddiena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ta' Raddiena (page does not exist)">Ta' Raddiena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal-Qadi_Temple" title="Tal-Qadi Temple">Tal-Qadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarxien_Temples" title="Tarxien Temples">Tarxien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tas-Sil%C4%A1" title="Tas-Silġ">Tas-Silġ</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Xemxija_Temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Xemxija Temple (page does not exist)">Xemxija</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xrobb_l-G%C4%A7a%C4%A1in_Temple" title="Xrobb l-Għaġin Temple">Xrobb l-Għaġin</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%A6al_Saflieni_Hypogeum" title="Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum">Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xag%C4%A7ra_Stone_Circle" title="Xagħra Stone Circle">Xagħra Stone Circle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Netherlands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunebed" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunebed">Hunebed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Poland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Br%C4%85chn%C3%B3wko" title="Brąchnówko">Brąchnówko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grzybnica" class="mw-redirect" title="Grzybnica">Grzybnica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odry,_Poland" title="Odry, Poland">Odry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C4%99siory" title="Węsiory">Węsiory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Portugal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Almendres_Cromlech" title="Almendres Cromlech">Almendres Cromlech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_de_Adrenunes" title="Anta de Adrenunes">Anta de Adrenunes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_de_Agualva" title="Anta de Agualva">Anta de Agualva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_do_Alto_da_Toupeira" title="Anta do Alto da Toupeira">Anta do Alto da Toupeira‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antas_do_Barrocal" title="Antas do Barrocal">Antas do Barrocal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_de_Carcavelos" title="Anta de Carcavelos">Anta de Carcavelos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_da_Estria" title="Anta da Estria">Anta da Estria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antas_da_Valeira" title="Antas da Valeira">Antas da Valeira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_do_Monte_Abra%C3%A3o" title="Anta do Monte Abraão">Anta do Monte Abraão</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antas_do_Olival_da_P%C3%AAga" title="Antas do Olival da Pêga">Antas do Olival da Pêga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_da_Pedra_dos_Mouros" title="Anta da Pedra dos Mouros">Anta da Pedra dos Mouros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_das_Pedras_Grandes" title="Anta das Pedras Grandes">Anta das Pedras Grandes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anta_da_Vidigueira" title="Anta da Vidigueira">Anta da Vidigueira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Dolmen_of_Zambujeiro" title="Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro">Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barreira_Megalithic_Complex" title="Barreira Megalithic Complex">Barreira Megalithic Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_of_Cunha_Baixa" title="Dolmen of Cunha Baixa">Dolmen of Cunha Baixa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_of_Carapito_I" title="Dolmen of Carapito I">Dolmen of Carapito I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Dolmen_of_Comenda_da_Igreja" title="Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja">Great Dolmen of Comenda da Igreja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhir_of_Outeiro" title="Menhir of Outeiro">Menhir of Outeiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhir_of_Bulhoa" title="Menhir of Bulhoa">Menhir of Bulhoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_Maria_do_Meio_Cromlech" title="Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech">Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xerez_Cromlech" title="Xerez Cromlech">Xerez Cromlech</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Russia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dolmens_of_North_Caucasus" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolmens of North Caucasus">Dolmens of North Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Horseman#Thunder_Stone" title="Bronze Horseman">Thunder Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megaliths_in_the_Urals" title="Megaliths in the Urals">Megaliths in the Urals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_geoglyph" title="Russian geoglyph">Russian geoglyph</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scandinavia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Picture_stone" title="Picture stone">Picture stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Runestone" title="Runestone">Runestones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_circle_(Iron_Age)" title="Stone circle (Iron Age)">Stone circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_ship" title="Stone ship">Stone ships</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antequera_Dolmens_Site" title="Antequera Dolmens Site">Antequera Dolmens Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chabola_de_la_Hechicera" title="Chabola de la Hechicera">Chabola de la Hechicera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cova_d%27en_Daina" title="Cova d'en Daina">Cova d'en Daina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_de_Axeitos" title="Dolmen de Axeitos">Dolmen de Axeitos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_of_Guadalperal" title="Dolmen of Guadalperal">Dolmen of Guadalperal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_of_Menga" title="Dolmen of Menga">Dolmen of Menga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_de_la_Pastora" title="Dolmen de la Pastora">Dolmen de la Pastora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_del_prado_de_L%C3%A1cara" title="Dolmen del prado de Lácara">Dolmen del prado de Lácara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_de_Soto" title="Dolmen de Soto">Dolmen de Soto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen_de_Viera" title="Dolmen de Viera">Dolmen de Viera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Torre-La_Janera_megalithic_site" title="La Torre-La Janera megalithic site">La Torre–La Janera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Son_Matge" class="mw-redirect" title="Son Matge">Son Matge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Turkey</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Obelisk_of_Theodosius" title="Obelisk of Theodosius">Obelisk of Theodosius</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ukraine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Stones_(Ukraine)" title="Boundary Stones (Ukraine)">Boundary Stones</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United<br />Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arbor_Low" title="Arbor Low">Arbor Low</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avebury" title="Avebury">Avebury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbrook_One" title="Barbrook One">Barbrook One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birkrigg_stone_circle" title="Birkrigg stone circle">Birkrigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boscawen-Un" title="Boscawen-Un">Boscawen-Un</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boskednan_stone_circle" title="Boskednan stone circle">Boskednan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bridestones" title="The Bridestones">Bridestones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_Willy_Cairns" class="mw-redirect" title="Brown Willy Cairns">Brown Willy Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bull_Ring" title="The Bull Ring">Bull Ring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnmoor_stone_circles" title="Burnmoor stone circles">Burnmoor stone circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlerigg_stone_circle" title="Castlerigg stone circle">Castlerigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craddock_Moor_stone_circle" title="Craddock Moor stone circle">Craddock Moor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devil%27s_Arrows" title="Devil's Arrows">Devil's Arrows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doll_Tor" title="Doll Tor">Doll Tor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drizzlecombe" title="Drizzlecombe">Drizzlecombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duloe_stone_circle" title="Duloe stone circle">Duloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernacre" title="Fernacre">Fernacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Wells" title="Five Wells">Five Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gardom%27s_Edge" title="Gardom's Edge">Gardom's Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodaver_stone_circle" title="Goodaver stone circle">Goodaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_Wethers" title="Grey Wethers">Grey Wethers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoarstones" title="Hoarstones">Hoarstones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hordron_Edge_stone_circle" title="Hordron Edge stone circle">Hordron Edge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hurlers_(stone_circles)" title="The Hurlers (stone circles)">Hurlers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leper_Stone" title="Leper Stone">Leper Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Meg_and_Her_Daughters" title="Long Meg and Her Daughters">Long Meg and Her Daughters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%AAn-an-Tol" title="Mên-an-Tol">Mên-an-Tol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Maidens" title="The Merry Maidens">Merry Maidens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell%27s_Fold" title="Mitchell's Fold">Mitchell's Fold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mulfra_Quoit" title="Mulfra Quoit">Mulfra Quoit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Ladies" title="Nine Ladies">Nine Ladies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Stones,_Altarnun" title="Nine Stones, Altarnun">Nine Stones, Altarnun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Stones_Close" title="Nine Stones Close">Nine Stones Close</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pipers" title="The Pipers">Pipers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rollright_Stones" title="Rollright Stones">Rollright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudston_Monolith" title="Rudston Monolith">Rudston Monolith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scorhill" title="Scorhill">Scorhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stannon_stone_circle" title="Stannon stone circle">Stannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanton_Drew_stone_circles" title="Stanton Drew stone circles">Stanton Drew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonehenge" title="Stonehenge">Stonehenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stripple_stones" title="Stripple stones">Stripple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swinside" title="Swinside">Swinside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trethevy_Quoit" title="Trethevy Quoit">Trethevy Quoit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trippet_stones" title="Trippet stones">Trippet</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern Ireland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aughlish" title="Aughlish">Aughlish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballynoe_stone_circle" title="Ballynoe stone circle">Ballynoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaghmore" title="Beaghmore">Beaghmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corick" title="Corick">Corick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumskinny" title="Drumskinny">Drumskinny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legananny_Dolmen" title="Legananny Dolmen">Legananny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant%27s_Ring" title="Giant's Ring">Giant's Ring</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Scotland</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recumbent_stone_circles" title="List of recumbent stone circles">List of recumbent stone circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auld_Bourtreebush" title="Auld Bourtreebush">Auld Bourtreebush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balquhain" title="Balquhain">Balquhain</a></li> <li>Callanish <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_Stones" title="Callanish Stones">I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_II" title="Callanish II">II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_III" title="Callanish III">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_IV" title="Callanish IV">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_VIII" title="Callanish VIII">VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callanish_X" title="Callanish X">X</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlin_stone" title="Carlin stone">Carlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Stane" title="Cat Stane">Cat Stane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clach_an_Trushal" title="Clach an Trushal">Clach an Trushal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colmeallie_stone_circle" title="Colmeallie stone circle">Colmeallie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunnideer_stone_circle" title="Dunnideer stone circle">Dunnideer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drybridge#Standing_stone" title="Drybridge">Drybridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Aquhorthies_stone_circle" title="Easter Aquhorthies stone circle">Easter Aquhorthies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirkton_of_Bourtie_stone_circle" title="Kirkton of Bourtie stone circle">Kirkton of Bourtie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loanhead_of_Daviot_stone_circle" title="Loanhead of Daviot stone circle">Loanhead of Daviot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lochmaben_Stone" title="Lochmaben Stone">Lochmaben Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pictish_stone" title="Pictish stone">Pictish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_of_Brodgar" title="Ring of Brodgar">Ring of Brodgar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheldon_stone_circle" title="Sheldon stone circle">Sheldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_Stones_of_Stenness" title="Standing Stones of Stenness">Stenness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steinacleit" title="Steinacleit">Steinacleit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strichen_Stone_Circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Strichen Stone Circle">Strichen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunhoney" title="Sunhoney">Sunhoney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomnaverie_stone_circle" title="Tomnaverie stone circle">Tomnaverie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyrebagger_stone_circle" title="Tyrebagger stone circle">Tyrebagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yonder_Bognie" title="Yonder Bognie">Yonder Bognie</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wales</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barclodiad_y_Gawres" title="Barclodiad y Gawres">Barclodiad y Gawres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedd_Arthur" title="Bedd Arthur">Bedd Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedd_Taliesin" title="Bedd Taliesin">Bedd Taliesin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodowyr" title="Bodowyr">Bodowyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Cader_Faner" title="Bryn Cader Faner">Bryn Cader Faner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Celli_Ddu" title="Bryn Celli Ddu">Bryn Celli Ddu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryn_Gwyn_stones" title="Bryn Gwyn stones">Bryn Gwyn stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capel_Garmon" title="Capel Garmon">Capel Garmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carreg_Coetan_Arthur" title="Carreg Coetan Arthur">Carreg Coetan Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carreg_Samson" title="Carreg Samson">Carreg Samson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coetan_Arthur" title="Coetan Arthur">Coetan Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foel_Chwern" title="Foel Chwern">Foel Chwern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanfechell" title="Llanfechell">Llanfechell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lligwy_Burial_Chamber" title="Lligwy Burial Chamber">Lligwy Burial Chamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maen_Llia" title="Maen Llia">Maen Llia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maen_Madoc" title="Maen Madoc">Maen Madoc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penmaenmawr#Prehistory" title="Penmaenmawr">Meini Hirion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moel_T%C5%B7_Uchaf" title="Moel Tŷ Uchaf">Moel Tŷ Uchaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parc_Cwm_long_cairn" title="Parc Cwm long cairn">Parc Cwm long cairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penrhos_Feilw_Standing_Stones" title="Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones">Penrhos Feilw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pentre_Ifan" title="Pentre Ifan">Pentre Ifan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Lythans_burial_chamber" title="St Lythans burial chamber">St Lythans burial chamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trefignath" title="Trefignath">Trefignath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinkinswood" title="Tinkinswood">Tinkinswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C5%B7_Newydd_Burial_Chamber" title="Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber">Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whetstones_(stone_circle)" title="Whetstones (stone circle)">Whetstones</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Isle of Man</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manx_runestones" title="Manx runestones">Manx runestones</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Axial_stone_circle" title="Axial stone circle">Axial stone circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chambered_cairn" title="Chambered cairn">Chambered cairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concentric_stone_circle" class="mw-redirect" title="Concentric stone circle">Concentric stone circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromlech" title="Cromlech">Cromlech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen" title="Dolmen">Dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallery_grave" title="Gallery grave">Gallery grave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henge" title="Henge">Henge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrespil" title="Harrespil">Harrespil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_megalithic_tombs" title="Irish megalithic tombs">Irish megalithic tombs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhir" title="Menhir">Menhir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standing_stone" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing stone">Standing stone</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stone circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_row" title="Stone row">Stone row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recumbent_stone_circle" title="Recumbent stone circle">Recumbent stone circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stone_circles" title="List of stone circles">Photographs of stone circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Middle_Eastern_megaliths" title="Template:Middle Eastern megaliths">Middle Eastern megaliths</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Cardium pottery">Cardium pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corded_Ware_culture" title="Corded Ware culture">Corded Ware culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Temperate_Neolithic" title="First Temperate Neolithic">First Temperate Neolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linear_Pottery_culture" title="Linear Pottery culture">Linear Pottery culture</a> (LBK)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Archaeological_culture" title="Archaeological culture">Cultures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baden_culture" title="Baden culture">Baden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaker_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Beaker culture">Beaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boian_culture" title="Boian culture">Boian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butmir_culture" title="Butmir culture">Butmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cernavod%C4%83_culture" title="Cernavodă culture">Cernavodă</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cerny_culture" title="Cerny culture">Cerny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chass%C3%A9en_culture" title="Chasséen culture">Chasséen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortaillod_culture" title="Cortaillod culture">Cortaillod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Co%C8%9Bofeni_culture" title="Coțofeni culture">Coțofeni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cucuteni%E2%80%93Trypillia_culture" title="Cucuteni–Trypillia culture">Cucuteni–Trypillia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danilo_culture" title="Danilo culture">Danilo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decea_Mure%C5%9Fului_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Decea Mureşului culture">Decea Mureşului</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dude%C8%99ti_culture" title="Dudești culture">Dudești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funnelbeaker_culture" title="Funnelbeaker culture">Funnelbeaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudo_culture" title="Gaudo culture">Gaudo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Globular_Amphora_culture" title="Globular Amphora culture">Globular Amphora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorne%C8%99ti_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Gornești culture">Gornești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gumelni%C8%9Ba%E2%80%93Karanovo_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumelnița–Karanovo culture">Gumelnița–Karanovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamangia_culture" title="Hamangia culture">Hamangia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horgen_culture" title="Horgen culture">Horgen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakanj_culture" title="Kakanj culture">Kakanj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karanovo_culture" title="Karanovo culture">Karanovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lengyel_culture" title="Lengyel culture">Lengyel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narva_culture" title="Narva culture">Narva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neman_culture" title="Neman culture">Neman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petre%C8%99ti_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Petrești culture">Petrești</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pit%E2%80%93Comb_Ware_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Pit–Comb Ware culture">Pit–Comb Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitted_Ware_culture" title="Pitted Ware culture">Pitted Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pfyn_culture" title="Pfyn culture">Pfyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B6ssen_culture" title="Rössen culture">Rössen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rzucewo_culture" title="Rzucewo culture">Rzucewo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seine%E2%80%93Oise%E2%80%93Marne_culture" title="Seine–Oise–Marne culture">Seine–Oise–Marne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sesklo#Sesklo_culture" title="Sesklo">Sesklo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopot_culture" title="Sopot culture">Sopot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sredny_Stog_culture" title="Sredny Stog culture">Sredny Stog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star%C4%8Devo%E2%80%93K%C3%B6r%C3%B6s%E2%80%93Cri%C8%99_culture" title="Starčevo–Körös–Criș culture">Starčevo–Körös–Criș</a> <div class="hlist inline"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star%C4%8Devo_culture" title="Starčevo culture">Starčevo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6r%C3%B6s_culture" title="Körös culture">Körös</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cri%C5%9F_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Criş culture">Criş</a></li></ul></div></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tisza_culture" title="Tisza culture">Tisza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiszapolg%C3%A1r_culture" title="Tiszapolgár culture">Tiszapolgár</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varna_culture" title="Varna culture">Varna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vin%C4%8Da_culture" title="Vinča culture">Vinča</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vu%C4%8Dedol_culture" title="Vučedol culture">Vučedol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wartberg_culture" title="Wartberg culture">Wartberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windmill_Hill_culture" title="Windmill Hill culture">Windmill Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Monumental<br /> architecture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bank_barrow" title="Bank barrow">Bank barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Causewayed_enclosure" title="Causewayed enclosure">Causewayed enclosure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cist" title="Cist">Cist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cursus" title="Cursus">Cursus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen" title="Dolmen">Dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_dolmen" title="Great dolmen">Great dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardian_stones" title="Guardian stones">Guardian stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henge" title="Henge">Henge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_barrow" title="Long barrow">Long barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalith" title="Megalith">Megalith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalithic_entrance" title="Megalithic entrance">Megalithic entrance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhir" title="Menhir">Menhir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passage_grave" title="Passage grave">Passage grave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygonal_dolmen" title="Polygonal dolmen">Polygonal dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rectangular_dolmen" title="Rectangular dolmen">Rectangular dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_circular_enclosures_in_Central_Europe" title="Neolithic circular enclosures in Central Europe">Rondel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_barrow" title="Round barrow">Round barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_dolmen" title="Simple dolmen">Simple dolmen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_menhir" title="Statue menhir">Statue menhir</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stone circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_row" title="Stone row">Stone row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_circle" title="Timber circle">Timber circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tor_enclosure" title="Tor enclosure">Tor enclosure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unchambered_long_barrow" title="Unchambered long barrow">Unchambered long barrow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_technology" title="Prehistoric technology">Technology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grooved_ware" title="Grooved ware">Grooved ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_tool#Neolithic_industries" title="Stone tool">Lithic industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metallurgy_during_the_Copper_Age_in_Europe" title="Metallurgy during the Copper Age in Europe">Metallurgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_long_house" title="Neolithic long house">Neolithic long house</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unstan_ware" title="Unstan ware">Unstan ware</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danubian_culture" title="Danubian culture">Danubian culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secondary_products_revolution" title="Secondary products revolution">Secondary products revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Europe_(archaeology)" title="Old Europe (archaeology)">Old Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-Europeans" title="Proto-Indo-Europeans">Proto-Indo-Europeans</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age_Europe" title="Bronze Age Europe">↓ Bronze Age Europe ↓</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Prehistoric_technology434" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible expanded navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Prehistoric_technology" title="Template:Prehistoric technology"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Prehistoric_technology" title="Template talk:Prehistoric technology"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Prehistoric_technology" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Prehistoric technology"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Prehistoric_technology434" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_technology" title="Prehistoric technology">Prehistoric technology</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistory" title="Prehistory">Prehistory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_prehistory" title="Timeline of prehistory">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_prehistoric_technology" title="Outline of prehistoric technology">Outline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three-age_system#Stone_Age_subdivisions" title="Three-age system">Subdivisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">New Stone Age</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">Technology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_technology" title="History of technology">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_archaeology" title="Glossary of archaeology">Glossary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Tools434" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Lithic_technology" title="Lithic technology">Tools</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/History_of_agriculture" title="History of agriculture">Farming</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_Revolution" title="Neolithic Revolution">Neolithic Revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Founder_crops" title="Founder crops">Founder crops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_World_crops" title="New World crops">New World crops</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ard_(plough)" title="Ard (plough)">Ard / plough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celt_(tool)" title="Celt (tool)">Celt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digging_stick" title="Digging stick">Digging stick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domestication" title="Domestication">Domestication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goad" title="Goad">Goad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irrigation" title="Irrigation">Irrigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secondary_products_revolution" title="Secondary products revolution">Secondary products</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sickle" title="Sickle">Sickle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrace_(earthworks)" title="Terrace (earthworks)">Terracing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Food processing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Control_of_fire_by_early_humans" title="Control of fire by early humans">Fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basket" title="Basket">Basket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooking" title="Cooking">Cooking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earth_oven" title="Earth oven">Earth oven</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granary" title="Granary">Granaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grinding_slab" title="Grinding slab">Grinding slab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ground_stone" title="Ground stone">Ground stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hearth" title="Hearth">Hearth</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%C5%9F%C4%B1kl%C4%B1_H%C3%B6y%C3%BCk#Hearths" title="Aşıklı Höyük">Aşıklı Höyük</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qesem_cave#Fire" title="Qesem cave">Qesem cave</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mano_(stone)" title="Mano (stone)">Manos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metate" title="Metate">Metate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortar_and_pestle" title="Mortar and pestle">Mortar and pestle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quern-stone" title="Quern-stone">Quern-stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_storage_pits" title="Prehistoric storage pits">Storage pits</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Hunting_hypothesis" title="Hunting hypothesis">Hunting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrow" title="Arrow">Arrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boomerang" title="Boomerang">Boomerang</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Throwing_stick" title="Throwing stick">throwing stick</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_and_arrow" title="Bow and arrow">Bow and arrow</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_archery" title="History of archery">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravettian#Hunting" title="Gravettian">Nets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spear" title="Spear">Spear</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spear-thrower" title="Spear-thrower">spear-thrower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baton_fragment_(Palart_310)" title="Baton fragment (Palart 310)">baton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpoon" title="Harpoon">harpoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%B6ningen_spears" title="Schöningen spears">Schöningen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woomera_(spear-thrower)" title="Woomera (spear-thrower)">woomera</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Projectile_point" title="Projectile point">Projectile points</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrowhead" title="Arrowhead">Arrowhead</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transverse_arrowhead" title="Transverse arrowhead">Transverse</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bare_Island_projectile_point" title="Bare Island projectile point">Bare Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cascade_point" title="Cascade point">Cascade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clovis_point" title="Clovis point">Clovis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creswellian_culture" title="Creswellian culture">Cresswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_point" title="Cumberland point">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden_point" title="Eden point">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folsom_point" title="Folsom point">Folsom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamoka_projectile_point" title="Lamoka projectile point">Lamoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manis_Mastodon_site" title="Manis Mastodon site">Manis Mastodon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plano_point" title="Plano point">Plano</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Game_drive_system" title="Game drive system">Game drive system</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_jump" title="Buffalo jump">Buffalo jump</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Lithic_technology" title="Lithic technology">Toolmaking</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Industry_(archaeology)" title="Industry (archaeology)">Earliest toolmaking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oldowan" title="Oldowan">Oldowan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acheulean" title="Acheulean">Acheulean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mousterian" title="Mousterian">Mousterian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurignacian" title="Aurignacian">Aurignacian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clovis_culture" title="Clovis culture">Clovis culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cupstone" title="Cupstone">Cupstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_hardening" title="Fire hardening">Fire hardening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravettian" title="Gravettian">Gravettian culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafting" title="Hafting">Hafting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hand_axe" title="Hand axe">Hand axe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grooves_(archaeology)" title="Grooves (archaeology)">Grooves</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langdale_axe_industry" title="Langdale axe industry">Langdale axe industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levallois_technique" title="Levallois technique">Levallois technique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithic_core" title="Lithic core">Lithic core</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithic_reduction" title="Lithic reduction">Lithic reduction</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lithic_analysis" title="Lithic analysis">analysis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debitage" title="Debitage">debitage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithic_flake" title="Lithic flake">flake</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithic_technology" title="Lithic technology">Lithic technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magdalenian" title="Magdalenian">Magdalenian culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferrous_metallurgy" title="Ferrous metallurgy">Metallurgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microblade_technology" title="Microblade technology">Microblade technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grime%27s_Graves" title="Grime's Graves">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prepared-core_technique" title="Prepared-core technique">Prepared-core technique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solutrean" title="Solutrean">Solutrean industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Striking_platform" title="Striking platform">Striking platform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tool_stone" title="Tool stone">Tool stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniface" title="Uniface">Uniface</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yubetsu_technique" title="Yubetsu technique">Yubetsu technique</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Artifact_(archaeology)" title="Artifact (archaeology)">Other tools</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adze" title="Adze">Adze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stitching_awl" title="Stitching awl">Awl</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gravettian#Use_of_animal_remains" title="Gravettian">bone</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axe" title="Axe">Axe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannerstone" title="Bannerstone">Bannerstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blade_(archaeology)" title="Blade (archaeology)">Blade</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prismatic_blade" title="Prismatic blade">prismatic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bone_tool" title="Bone tool">Bone tool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bow_drill" title="Bow drill">Bow drill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burin_(lithic_flake)" title="Burin (lithic flake)">Burin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canoe#History" title="Canoe">Canoe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oar" title="Oar">Oar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pesse_canoe" title="Pesse canoe">Pesse canoe</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chopper_(archaeology)" title="Chopper (archaeology)">Chopper</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chopping_tool" title="Chopping tool">tool</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleaver_(Stone_Age_tool)" title="Cleaver (Stone Age tool)">Cleaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denticulate_tool" title="Denticulate tool">Denticulate tool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire_plough" title="Fire plough">Fire plough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fire-saw" title="Fire-saw">Fire-saw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammerstone" title="Hammerstone">Hammerstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knife" title="Knife">Knife</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microlith" title="Microlith">Microlith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quern-stone" title="Quern-stone">Quern-stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racloir" title="Racloir">Racloir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rope" title="Rope">Rope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scraper_(archaeology)" title="Scraper (archaeology)">Scraper</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grattoir_de_c%C3%B4t%C3%A9" title="Grattoir de côté">side</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_tool" title="Stone tool">Stone tool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tally_stick#Paleolithic_tally_sticks" title="Tally stick">Tally stick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_weapons#Copper_Age" title="History of weapons">Weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheel" title="Wheel">Wheel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bronocice_pot" title="Bronocice pot">illustration</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Architecture434" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/History_of_architecture" title="History of architecture">Architecture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Ceremonial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiva" title="Kiva">Kiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyramid" title="Pyramid">Pyramid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menhir" title="Menhir">Standing stones</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Megalith" title="Megalith">megalith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_row" title="Stone row">row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonehenge" title="Stonehenge">Stonehenge</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Dwellings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_architecture" title="Neolithic architecture">Neolithic architecture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_long_house" title="Neolithic long house">long house</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_megalith_architecture" title="British megalith architecture">British megalith architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nordic_megalith_architecture" title="Nordic megalith architecture">Nordic megalith architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdei" title="Burdei">Burdei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave" title="Cave">Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_dwelling" title="Cliff dwelling">Cliff dwelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dugout_(shelter)" title="Dugout (shelter)">Dugout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hut" title="Hut">Hut</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quiggly_hole" title="Quiggly hole">Quiggly hole</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacal" title="Jacal">Jacal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longhouse" title="Longhouse">Longhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudbrick" title="Mudbrick">Mudbrick</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mehrgarh#Lifestyle_and_technology" title="Mehrgarh">Mehrgarh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pit-house" title="Pit-house">Pit-house</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navajo_pueblitos" title="Navajo pueblitos">Pueblitos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo" title="Pueblo">Pueblo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_shelter" title="Rock shelter">Rock shelter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blombos_Cave" title="Blombos Cave">Blombos Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abri_de_la_Madeleine" title="Abri de la Madeleine">Abri de la Madeleine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibudu_Cave" title="Sibudu Cave">Sibudu Cave</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundhouse_(dwelling)" title="Roundhouse (dwelling)">Roundhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stilt_house" title="Stilt house">Stilt house</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_pile_dwellings_around_the_Alps" title="Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps">Alp pile dwellings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ness_of_Brodgar" title="Ness of Brodgar">Stone roof</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wattle_and_daub" title="Wattle and daub">Wattle and daub</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Water management</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Check_dam" title="Check dam">Check dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cistern" title="Cistern">Cistern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flush_toilet#History" title="Flush toilet">Flush toilet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reservoir" title="Reservoir">Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Well" title="Well">Well</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Other architecture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Feature_(archaeology)" title="Feature (archaeology)">Archaeological features</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broch" title="Broch">Broch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnt_mound" title="Burnt mound">Burnt mound</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fulacht_fiadh" title="Fulacht fiadh">fulacht fiadh</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Causewayed_enclosure" title="Causewayed enclosure">Causewayed enclosure</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tor_enclosure" title="Tor enclosure">Tor enclosure</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neolithic_circular_enclosures_in_Central_Europe" title="Neolithic circular enclosures in Central Europe">Circular enclosure</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goseck_Circle" title="Goseck Circle">Goseck</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cursus" title="Cursus">Cursus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henge" title="Henge">Henge</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thornborough_Henges" title="Thornborough Henges">Thornborough</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalithic_architectural_elements" title="Megalithic architectural elements">Megalithic architectural elements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midden" title="Midden">Midden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_extant_buildings" title="List of oldest extant buildings">Oldest extant buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_circle" title="Timber circle">Timber circle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timber_trackway" class="mw-redirect" title="Timber trackway">Timber trackway</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Track" title="Sweet Track">Sweet Track</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Arts_and_culture434" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_art" title="Prehistoric art">Arts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_culture" title="Archaeological culture">culture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Artifact_(archaeology)" title="Artifact (archaeology)">Material goods</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basket_weaving" title="Basket weaving">Baskets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beadwork" title="Beadwork">Beadwork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bed#History" title="Bed">Beds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalcolithic" title="Chalcolithic">Chalcolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_clothing_and_textiles" title="History of clothing and textiles">Clothing/textiles</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_clothing_and_textiles_technology" title="Timeline of clothing and textiles technology">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_cosmetics" title="History of cosmetics">Cosmetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Stone_Age" title="Middle Stone Age">Glue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_hide_materials" title="History of hide materials">Hides</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shoe#History" title="Shoe">shoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%96tzi#Clothes_and_shoes" title="Ötzi">Ötzi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewellery#History" title="Jewellery">Jewelry</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amber#Use" title="Amber">amber use</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirror#History" title="Mirror">Mirrors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottery#History" title="Pottery">Pottery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cardium_pottery" title="Cardium pottery">Cardium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cord-marked_pottery" title="Cord-marked pottery">Cord-marked</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grooved_ware" title="Grooved ware">Grooved ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_pottery" title="Jōmon pottery">Jōmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linear_Pottery_culture" title="Linear Pottery culture">Linear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unstan_ware" title="Unstan ware">Unstan ware</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sewing_needle#History" title="Sewing needle">Sewing needle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weaving" title="Weaving">Weaving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_wine" title="History of wine">Wine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Areni-1_winery" title="Areni-1 winery">winery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_wine_press#Early_history" title="History of the wine press">wine press</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_art" title="Prehistoric art">Prehistoric art</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_of_the_Upper_Paleolithic" title="Art of the Upper Paleolithic">Art of the Upper Paleolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_of_the_Middle_Paleolithic" title="Art of the Middle Paleolithic">Art of the Middle Paleolithic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blombos_Cave#Archaeological_remains_and_material_culture_from_the_Middle_Stone_Age_levels" title="Blombos Cave">Blombos Cave</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Stone_Age_art" title="List of Stone Age art">List of Stone Age art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bird_stone" title="Bird stone">Bird stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairn" title="Cairn">Cairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carved_stone_balls" title="Carved stone balls">Carved stone balls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave_painting" title="Cave painting">Cave paintings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cup_and_ring_mark" title="Cup and ring mark">Cup and ring mark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoglyph" title="Geoglyph">Geoglyph</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hill_figure" title="Hill figure">Hill figure</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_hat" title="Golden hat">Golden hats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardian_stones" title="Guardian stones">Guardian stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwion_Gwion_rock_paintings" title="Gwion Gwion rock paintings">Gwion Gwion rock paintings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_painting#Pre-history" title="History of painting">painting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pigment#History" title="Pigment">pigment</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megalithic_art" title="Megalithic art">Megalithic art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroform" title="Petroform">Petroform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroglyph" title="Petroglyph">Petroglyph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrosomatoglyph" title="Petrosomatoglyph">Petrosomatoglyph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pictogram" title="Pictogram">Pictogram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_art" title="Rock art">Rock art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rock_cupule" title="Rock cupule">Rock cupule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_carving" title="Stone carving">Stone carving</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculpture#Prehistoric_periods" title="Sculpture">Sculpture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_menhir" title="Statue menhir">Statue menhir</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stone circle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stone_circles" title="List of stone circles">list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stone_circles_in_the_British_Isles_and_Brittany" title="Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany">British Isles and Brittany</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venus_figurine" title="Venus figurine">Venus figurine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Paleolithic_religion" title="Paleolithic religion">Burial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tumulus" title="Tumulus">Burial mounds</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bowl_barrow" title="Bowl barrow">Bowl barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Round_barrow" title="Round barrow">Round barrow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mound_Builders" title="Mound Builders">Mound Builders culture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_burial_mounds_in_the_United_States" title="List of burial mounds in the United States">U.S. sites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamber_tomb" title="Chamber tomb">Chamber tomb</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cotswold-Severn_Group" title="Cotswold-Severn Group">Cotswold-Severn</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cist" title="Cist">Cist</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dartmoor_kistvaens" title="Dartmoor kistvaens">Dartmoor kistvaens</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clava_cairn" title="Clava cairn">Clava cairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_cairn" title="Court cairn">Court cairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cremation#History" title="Cremation">Cremation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmen" title="Dolmen">Dolmen</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_dolmen" title="Great dolmen">Great dolmen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyre" title="Pyre">Funeral pyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallery_grave" title="Gallery grave">Gallery grave</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transepted_gallery_grave" class="mw-redirect" title="Transepted gallery grave">transepted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedge-shaped_gallery_grave" class="mw-redirect" title="Wedge-shaped gallery grave">wedge-shaped</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grave_goods" title="Grave goods">Grave goods</a></li> <li><a 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title="Unchambered long cairn">Unchambered long cairn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Other cultural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archaeoastronomy" title="Archaeoastronomy">Archaeoastronomy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archaeoastronomical_sites_by_country" title="List of archaeoastronomical sites by country">sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_calendar" title="Lunar calendar">lunar calendar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Behavioral_modernity" title="Behavioral modernity">Behavioral modernity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolutionary_musicology" title="Evolutionary musicology">Evolutionary musicology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_archaeology" title="Music archaeology">music archaeology</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evolutionary_origin_of_religion" title="Evolutionary origin of religion">Evolutionary 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