A period dating back to as early as 5000 bce.. Marked by the establishment of huge architectural monuments. Early megalithic man-made monuments, such as Stonehenge, were massive, upright stones. Almost 50,000 of these structures still exist.
Built of large stones. Megaliths include stone circles, certain henge monuments (like Stonehenge), and many kinds of chamber tombs.
literally, big stone [mega = big; lithic = stone]; refers to the culture characterized by the construction of ritual forms with huge, rough hewn stones [image