dolmen
Megalithic burial chamber
A dolmen is a prehistoric stone structure consisting of large upright stones supporting a horizontal capstone, typically forming a chamber.
These megalithic monuments, found across Europe and Asia, are believed to have served as tombs or burial chambers: The dolmen on the hillside dates back five thousand years.
Megalithic stone monument
- standing stonesUpright prehistoric monuments
- hengePrehistoric circular monument
- cairnMemorial stone pile
- passage gravePrehistoric corridor-accessed burial chamber
cist · tumulus · barrow · quoit · alignment · earthworks · monolith · capstone
Topmost stone of structure
- slabThick flat piece
- boulderLarge weathered stone
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- basaltFine-grained volcanic stone
sandstone · limestone · quarrying · megaton · weathered · dressed stone · undressed · glacial erratic
Of burial rites
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- grave goodsItems interred with corpses
- intermentPutting a body underground
- ossuaryReceptacle for skeletal remains
human remains · ancestor veneration · mortuary · skeletal · cremains · burial chamber · inhumation · memorial
Relating to formal rites
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- ancestor worshipReligious honoring of forebears
- shamanismMediation between worlds
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
equinox · offerings · pilgrimage · veneration · mythology · druids · paganism · spiritual
Final Stone Age period
- bronze ageNotable but subprime period
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
- prehistoryEra before writing
- ancientVery old indeed
Act of unearthing
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- carbon-datingIsotope-based age measurement
- digUnearth by shoveling
site · potsherd · flint · trowel · archaeologist · survey · fieldwork · preservation
Cultural arm of UN
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- cultural landscapeEnvironment shaped by society
tourism · signage · restoration · vandalism · World Heritage · national monument · visitor · educational
cromlech
Megalithic stone monument
- standing stonesUpright prehistoric monuments
- hengePrehistoric circular monument
- cairnMemorial stone pile
passage grave · cist · tumulus · barrow · quoit · alignment · earthworks · monolith · capstone · cove
capstone
Topmost stone of structure
basalt · sandstone · limestone · quarrying · megaton · weathered · dressed stone · undressed · glacial erratic · bedrock
funerary
Of burial rites
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- grave goodsItems interred with corpses
- intermentPutting a body underground
ossuary · human remains · ancestor veneration · mortuary · skeletal · cremains · burial chamber · inhumation · memorial · commemoration
ceremonial
Relating to formal rites
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- ancestor worshipReligious honoring of forebears
- shamanismMediation between worlds
solstice · equinox · offerings · pilgrimage · veneration · mythology · druids · paganism · spiritual · cosmology
neolithic
Final Stone Age period
- bronze ageNotable but subprime period
- paleolithicEarliest tool-making period
- prehistoryEra before writing
excavation
Act of unearthing
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- carbon-datingIsotope-based age measurement
dig · site · potsherd · flint · trowel · archaeologist · survey · fieldwork · preservation · reconstruction
UNESCO
Cultural arm of UN
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
cultural landscape · tourism · signage · restoration · vandalism · World Heritage · national monument · visitor · educational
- funeralsfuneral, burial, cremation, casket, coffin
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- ancient sitesPompeii, Stonehenge, pyramids, Colosseum, Giza
- burial sitesgrave, tomb, tombs, crypt, crypts
- gravesgravestones, headstones, gravestone, tombstones, headstone
- Gaelic Irelandhigh king, Book of Kells, Tara, druid, chieftain
dolmenbarrow
Load carrier or tumulus
tumulus · burial mound · cairn · passage grave · catacomb