The significance of megaliths (west civ proj)

At about 4200 b.c. farming had lead to organized groupes. Some of those groups created large free standing monuments in northwest Europe. Some of these monumaents had rooms inside them. The monuments were constructed out of large blocks of stone. After this some elite people were buried in mounds along with stone tools like axes. Later some of the elite are buried in tombes along with beakers. These people were thought to be warriors. The megaliths seemed to honor the important people in that society.

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Western and Central Europe, 8000–2000 b.c. Web. 28 Jan. 2010.http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=02&region=euw#/Key-Events.