0 relating to megaliths (= ancient large stones, sometimes forming a group or circle), or the period when these were important:
His research concentrated on megalithic tombs.
They lived in villages, grew wheat and barley, and buried their dead in megalithic graves.
The stones at Carnac are the world's largest megalithic site.
On the margins of the inhabited area however we also find other elements, such as megalithic tombs and urnfields.
In a way, something similar can be observed in the discussion on megalithic monuments.
The possibility exists that different burial rituals, such as exposure, excarnation or interment in megalithic tombs remained in use for longer than has up to now been assumed.
However, to return to my muttons, we have vast chunks of a megalithic government department looking at anti-competitive practices in the private sector.
The coastline and hinterland must be protected, and megalithic investment projects must be prevented.
