MEGALITHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does megalithic mean? 

• MEGALITHIC (adjective)
  The adjective MEGALITHIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths

  Familiarity information: MEGALITHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGALITHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to megaliths or the people who erected megaliths

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

megalithic monuments like Stonehenge

Pertainym:

megalith (memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe))

Derivation:

megalith (memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe))

 Context examples 

El Barranquete is an Almerian megalithic necropolis, a classic in the study of the societies of Los Millares culture.

(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)

These studies allow us to affirm that the construction of megalithic landscapes is probably one of the most long‑lasting and powerful legacies of past societies and that, for millennia, these monuments were the scene for social interaction and the encounter with supernatural powers.

(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)

The study has emphasized that the use of large megalithic funerary structures shows, for the first time, the desire of human societies of transcending their present by creating a sacred landscape based on collective memory and the cult of ancestors.

(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)

Researchers from the University of Granada have discovered that the megalithic necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería, south‑eastern Spain) prolonged its funerary use throughout the Bronze Age, a thousand years longer than previously thought, and that despite its proximity to the sea, people living there did not make use of marine resources.

(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)