90

VIII. THE DOLMENS OF ASIA 114

IX. THE BUILDERS OF THE MEGALITHIC
MONUMENTS, THEIR HABITS, CUSTOMS,
RELIGION, ETC 123

X. WHO WERE THE BUILDERS, AND WHENCE
DID THEY COME? 143

BIBLIOGRAPHY 159

INDEX 167

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES

Stonehenge from the south-east _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
I. Stonehenge from the south-west 17
II. Mnaidra, doorway of Room H. The _Nuraghe_ of
Madrone in Sardinia 82
III. Temple of Mnaidra, Malta. Apse of chief room 100

FIGURE PAGE
1. Plan of Stonehenge 16
2. Avebury and Kennet Avenue 23
3. Plans of English Long Barrows 31
4. Horned tumulus, Caithness 39
5. Plans of three dolmen-types 40
6. Type-plan of simple corridor-tomb 42
7. Type-plan of wedge-shaped tomb 44
8. Corridor-tomb at New Grange, Ireland 47
9. Corridor-tomb at Ottagarden, Sweden 53
10. Plan of La Pierre aux Fees, Oise, France 61
11. Chambered mound at Fontenay-le-Marmion, Normandy 63
12. Plan of La Grotte des Fees, Arles, France 65
13. The so-called dolmen-deity, Petit Morin, France 66
14. Plan of corridor-tomb at Los Millares, Spain 69
15. Section and plan of a _talayot_, Majorca 72
16. Section and plan of the _nau_ d'Es Tudons 73
17. Elevation, section and plan of a Sardinian _nuraghe_ 83
18. Plan of Giant's Tomb at Muraguada, Sardinia 87
19. Plan of stone circle at the Senam, Algeria 94
20. Plan of the Sese Grande, Pantelleria 97
21. Plan of the Sanctuary of Mnaidra, Malta 99
22. Dolmen with holed stone at Ala Safat 115