Lascaux y Altamira

Megalithic Art

In the late Neolithic Age, human beings built what we can call the first monuments using big blocks of stone, called megaliths (Big stones). The main monuments were menhirs, dolmens and cromlechs.


Menhirs were big, long stones vertically driven into the ground. Menhirs were probably religious constructions dedicated to worship the sun.


Dolmens were collective burial places. They were composed of big, long vertical stones which formed a wall and were covered by several horizontal slabs of a great size.


Cromlechs were wide circles formed by several menhirs. They were probably used as sanctuaries

Prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula

Para ver dos documentales sobre la prehistoria en España puedes ver estos dos enlaces sobre La Memoria de España:

• En los inicios de los tiempos
• De altamira al útil de metal

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