Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A structure consisting of one large unhewn stone restingontwo or more unhewn stones placed erect in the earth: a term also frequently used as synonymous with cromlech.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A cromlech. See
cromlech .
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- noun a
prehistoric megalithic tomb consisting of acapstone supported by two or more upright stones, most having originally been covered with earth or smaller stones to form abarrow .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a prehistoric megalithic tomb typically having two large upright stones and a capstone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That the simple mounds preceded those that contain a rude stone chamber, which we call a dolmen, is also not open to doubt, for associated with them we find the rudest hand-made pottery, and neither this pottery nor the swords of bronze previously mentioned have ever been discovered in dolmens.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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Some archæologists also apply the word dolmen to rectangular chambers roofed with more than one slab.
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According to a report in BalkanTravellers. com, the discovery was made by archaeologists Aleksadar Michev and Teodor Rokov, who were exploring a stone structure reminiscent of a 'dolmen' - a typical Thracian tomb from the Early Iron Age.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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According to a report in BalkanTravellers. com, the discovery was made by archaeologists Aleksadar Michev and Teodor Rokov, who were exploring a stone structure reminiscent of a 'dolmen' - a typical Thracian tomb from the Early Iron Age.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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According to a report in BalkanTravellers. com, the discovery was made by archaeologists Aleksadar Michev and Teodor Rokov, who were exploring a stone structure reminiscent of a 'dolmen' - a typical Thracian tomb from the Early Iron Age.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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As the dolmen is a crude copy of the _serdab_ [38] it can be claimed as one of the ultimate results of the practice of mummification.
The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith
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A dolmen was a single chambered tomb formed by laying one long stone over several other stones set upright in the ground.
Early European History Hutton Webster
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The so-called dolmen-deity, from the tombs of the Petit Morin.
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Thirdly, the dolmen, which is a single slab of stone supported by several others arranged in such a way as to enclose a space or chamber beneath it.
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In almost all countries where megalithic structures occur certain fixed types prevail; the dolmen is the most general of these, and it is clear that many of the other forms are simply developments of this.
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