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Dolmen

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https://scrapbox.io/files/6a608301c66da3b7e87e1544.png A stone-supported tomb (Japanese reading: shisekibo), also called a dolmen, is a type of megalithic tomb seen worldwide from the Neolithic period through the early Metal Age. Several supporting stones are arranged around a burial site, with an enormous capstone placed above them. Western Europe is thought to be where the dolmen form originated earliest. However, the view has become very influential that dolmens did not spread from Western Europe around the world but arose entirely independently in each region according to its state of social development. In Germany's Mecklenburg and Pomerania, tomb megaliths were used as building and road materials when cities and towns were constructed, and many dolmens were lost. Nevertheless, thousands of dolmens survive in Europe, with 4000 in France, 2000 in Britain, and over 1000 on Germany's island of Rügen alone. The main builders of European dolmens are thought to have been Haplogroup G2a (Y chromosome).

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