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Introductory | 1 |
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CHAPTER II. |
Preliminary Observations. Tumuli—Dolmens— |
Circles—Avenues—Menhirs | 29 |
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CHAPTER III. |
England. Avebury and Stonehenge | 61 |
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CHAPTER IV. |
Minor English Antiquities. Aylesford—Ashdown— |
Rollright—Penrith—Derbyshire— |
Stanton Drew—Smaller Circles—Dolmens | 116 |
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CHAPTER V. |
Ireland. Moytura—Cemeteries—Boyne— |
Lough Crew—Clover Hill—Dolmens | 175 |
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CHAPTER VI. |
Scotland. Orkney Stone Circles—Orkney Barrows— |
Maes-Howe Dragon and Serpent-Knot— |
Holed Stone of Stennis—Callernish—Aberdeenshire Circles— |
Fiddes Hill—Clava Mounds—Stone at Aberlemmo— |
Sculptured Stones—Crosses in Isle of Man | 239 |
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CHAPTER VII. |
Scandinavia and North Germany. Introductory—Battle-fields— |
Harald Hildetand's Tomb—Long Barrows—Tumuli— |
Dolmens—Drenthe: Hunebeds | 275 |
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CHAPTER VIII. |
France. Introductory—Distribution of Dolmens—Age of Dolmens— |
Grottes des FÉes—Demi-Dolmens—Rocking Stones—Carnac— |
Locmariaker—Alignments at Crozon—Age of the Monuments— |
What are these Monuments?—They must be Trophies— |
Time of the Fight—M. Bertrand's List of Dolmens in Thirty-one |
Departments of France | 325 |
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CHAPTER IX. |
Spain, Portugal, and Italy. Introductory—Dolmens— |
Portugal—Italy | 377 |
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CHAPTER X. |
Algeria and Tripoli. Introductory—Bazinas and Chouchas— |
Free-Standing Dolmens—Age of Dolmens—Circle near Bona— |
The Nasamones—Origin of African Dolmen-builders—Tripoli: |
Trilithons—Buddhist Monument at Bangkok | 395 |
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CHAPTER XI. |
Mediterranean Islands. Malta—Sardinia—Balearic Islands | 415 |
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CHAPTER XII. |
Western Asia. Palestine—Sinai—Arabia—Asia Minor—Circassia— |
The Steppes—Cabul | 438 |
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CHAPTER XIII. |
India. Introductory—Eastern India—Khassia—Western India— |
Geographical Distribution—Age of the Stone Monuments— |
Comparison of Dolmens—Buddhism in the West | 455 |
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CHAPTER XIV. |
America. North America—Central America—Peru | 510 |
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Appendix A.—Glens Columbkille and Malin | 520 |
"B.—Oden's Howe, &c., Upsala | 526 |
"C.—Antiquities of Caithness | 527 |
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Index | 533 |