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The alignments of Carnac, the largest collection of megaliths in the world, demonstrate the organisation of Neolithic culture in Brittany

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Prehistory of Brittany

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concerns the prehistory of Brittany. Brittany was never glaciated during the Quaternary, owing to its latitude, proximity to the coast and absence of significant...

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History of Brittany

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-3.000 The history of Brittany may refer to the entire history of the Armorican peninsula or only to the creation and development of a specifically Brythonic...

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Prehistory of France

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occupation (including early hominins) of the geographical area covered by present-day France which extended through prehistory and ended in the Iron Age with...

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Brittany

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Brittany (/ˈbrɪtəni/ BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced [bʁətaɲ] ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx]; Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, pronounced...

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Timeline of prehistory

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This timeline of prehistory covers the time from the appearance of Homo sapiens approximately 315,000 years ago in Africa to the invention of writing, over...

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Prehistoric Europe

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Prehistoric Romania Prehistoric Scotland Prehistoric Transylvania Prehistory of Brittany Prehistory of Poland (until 966) "Oldest Human Fossil in Western Europe...

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Prehistory

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Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years...

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French art

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 1200–500 BC. For more on Prehistoric sites in Western France, see Prehistory of Brittany. From the Proto-Celtic Urnfield and Hallstatt cultures, a continental...

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Carnac stones

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exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens...

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Menhir

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Britain, and Brittany. Their purpose remains speculative, with theories ranging from druidic rituals to territorial markers or elements of an ideological...

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Prehistory of Transylvania

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The Prehistory of Transylvania describes what can be learned about the region known as Transylvania through archaeology, anthropology, comparative linguistics...

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Prehistoric Scotland

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The Early Prehistory of Scotland, by Tony Pollard and Alex Morrison, 1996, ISBN 0-585-10420-4 The Later Prehistory of the Western Isles of Scotland, by...

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Prehistoric religion

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religious practice of prehistoric cultures. Prehistory, the period before written records, makes up the bulk of human experience; over 99% of human experience...

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List of stone circles

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circle tradition of Britain, Ireland and Brittany is unclear. There are 187 stone circles in the Republic of Ireland. The vast majority of these are in County...

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Museum of Brittany

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The Brittany Museum (French: Musée de Bretagne) is a social history museum located in the Champs Libres cultural centre of Rennes, France. Originally structured...

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Prehistoric Iberia

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Prehistory in the Iberian peninsula begins with the arrival of the first Homo genus representatives from Africa, which may range from c. 1.5 million years...

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Prehistoric Britain

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and views of British prehistory are evolving accordingly. Julius Caesar's first invasion of Britain in 55 BC is regarded as the start of recorded protohistory...

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Prehistoric Egypt

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the period of time starting at the first human settlement and ending at the First Dynasty of Egypt around 3100 BC. At the end of prehistory, "Predynastic...

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Prehistoric Cornwall

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The prehistory of Cornwall spans an extensive timeframe from the earliest evidence of archaic human presence in Cornwall, perhaps c. 225,000 years ago...

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History of Devon

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northern France, specifically Brittany. This suggests the Anglo-Saxon migration into Devon was limited, rather than a mass movement of people. The separation...

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Megalith

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spirals. Some alignments, such as the Carnac Stones in Brittany, France consist of thousands of stones. Megalithic walls Also called Cyclopean walls Stone...

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British Museum

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comprehensive array of objects from across the Roman Empire, with the exception of Britain (which is the mainstay of the Department of Prehistory and Europe)...

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South Caucasus

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Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains....

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Celtic nations

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Breizh-Izel (Lower Brittany) in western Brittany and Breizh-Uhel (Upper Brittany) in eastern Brittany. Generally these communities are in the west of their countries...

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History of Guernsey

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of William Longsword, son of Rollo the first Duke of Normandy, having been annexed from the Duchy of Brittany by the Duchy of Normandy. The island of...

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Viking Age

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to their homeland of Scandinavia but also to any place significantly settled by Scandinavians during the period. The Scandinavians of the Viking Age are...

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Prehistoric music

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primitive music) is a term in the history of music for all music produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological...

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