Gavrinis

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A Neolithic rectangular cairn on an island in the Gulf of Morbihan, France, with one of the most elaborately decorated passage graves in Europe. The designs pecked into the walls include representations of polished stone axes as well as abstract patterns. The radiocarbon date is c 3400 BC.

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An early Neolithic passage grave on an island in the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany. It is very elaborately decorated with pecked designs, mostly abstract, over most available surfaces.

The Macmillan dictionary of archaeology, Ruth D. Whitehouse, 1983Copied

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