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Menhir alignments, Menec, Carnac, France, aerial view.
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Title
Menhir
alignments
,
Menec
,
Carnac
,
France
,
aerial
view
.
Date
4250-3750 BCE?
Cultural Context
Western European
European
French
Style/Period
Prehistoric
Stone Age
Neolithic
Theme
Menhirs
Megalithic monuments
Megaliths
Monuments
Archaeological sites
Aerial photographs
Aerial views
Bird's-eye views
Bird's-eye perspectives
Rural land use
Rural areas
Rural houses
Rural housing
Houses
Dwellings
Buildings
Architecture (object genre)
Subject
Monuments
Archaeological sites
Aerial views
Bird's-eye views
Rural areas
Houses
Dwellings
Buildings
Residential facilities
Architecture
Description
"
Over
3,000
of them
still
stand
in a
two-mile
stretch
near
Menec
.
Each
of these
squared-off
stones
weighs
several
tons
.
[...]
There are
thirteen
rows
of
alignments
, their
stones
graduated
in
height
from
about
3
feet
on the
eastern
end
to
upward
of
13
feet
toward
the
west.
"
(Stokstad
,
p.53)
Location Depicted
Carnac (France)
France
Material
Stone (rock)
Rock
Megaliths
Work Type
Menhirs
Megalithic monuments
Monuments
Archaeological sites
Source
Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. New York: Abrams, 1995. (fig.1-20, p.52)
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
336-24.jpg
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