Prehistory


Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age.



5 subcategories
Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

Celtic

CELTIC

Iron Age

IRON AGE

Neolithic (Young Stone Age)

NEOLITHIC (YOUNG STONE AGE)

Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age)

PALAEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE)

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Lines of menhirs ending in a                           
chromlech. There are 1099 upright                      
stones in the alignments of Menec                      
arranged in thirteen rows.
#06020141

Lines of menhirs ending in a chromlech. There are 109...

Lines of menhirs ending in a                           
chromlech. There are 1099 upright                      
stones in the alignments of Menec                      
arranged in thirteen rows.
#06020142

Lines of menhirs ending in a chromlech. There are 109...

Lines of menhirs ending in a                           
chromlech. There are 1099 upright                      
stones in the alignments of Menec                      
arranged in thirteen rows.
#06020143

Lines of menhirs ending in a chromlech. There are 109...

Lines of menhirs ending in a                           
chromlech. There are 1099 upright                      
stones in the alignments of Menec                      
arranged in thirteen rows.
#06020144

Lines of menhirs ending in a chromlech. There are 109...

Lines of menhirsending in a                            
chromlech. There are 1099 upright                      
stones in the alignments of Menec                      
arranged in thirteen rows.
#06020145

Lines of menhirsending in a chromlech. There are 109...

Lines of menhirs ending in a                           
chromlech. There are 1099 upright                      
stones in the alignments of Menec                      
arranged in thirteen rows.
#06020146

Lines of menhirs ending in a chromlech. There are 109...

Lines of menhirs ending in a chromlech (half-circle).  
There are 1099 upright stones arranged in 13 rows      
in the alignments of Menec.
#06020147

Lines of menhirs ending in a chromlech (half-circle). There are 1099 upright s...

Tumulus "Butte de Caesar", Gulf of Morbihan.
According to legend, Caesar directed the
battle against the Venetes from here.
#06020148

Tumulus "Butte de Caesar", Gulf of Morbihan. According to legend, Caesar directe...

Menhir Filitosa V - with long saber and short          
sword, largest of the menhir statues in the            
Filitosa Prehistoric Station. These statue-menhirs     
were probably representations of dead chieftains       
or priests of the bronze-age population of Corsica.
#06020149

Menhir Filitosa V - with long saber and short sword, largest of the me...

Detail of menhir Filitosa V with long sabre and        
sword,largest of the menhir statues in Filitosa.       
These statue-menhirs with weapons and shoulder blades  
or details of dress in the back, were probably repre-  
sentations of dead chieftains or priests.
#06020150

Detail of menhir Filitosa V with long sabre and sword,largest of the men...

Menhirs Filitosa VIII to XIII on the hill of           
the central monument in Filitosa. It is uncertain      
whether this "torre" was a fortification for the       
protection of the settlement, or a ritual area.        
Early Bronze Age
#06020151

Menhirs Filitosa VIII to XIII on the hill of the central monument in...

Menhir-statue Filitosa VI in the                       
Filitosa Prehistoric Station.                          
Early Bronze
#06020152

Menhir-statue Filitosa VI in the Filitosa Prehistoric Sta...