Objectives 1) Understanding of diversity at the national and regional megalithism: - the architectures; - the implantations and the spaces; - the spoils; - the chronologies; - the raw materials; 2) Understanding of the worldwide megalithic phenomenon Syllabus 1. The Megalithism - Megalithism and monumentality. - Megalithism and symbolic behavior. 2. The emergence and evolution of megalithism: the different explanatory models. 3. Non-funeral megalithism. - The different types of monuments. - The interpretative models. 4. The funerary megalithism. - The different types of monuments. - The interpretative models. 5. Megalithism in the world - The different types of monuments. - The interpretative models.

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