Image number: 2584628
© Sylvain Cordier / Biosphoto
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Image size: 5184x3456 pixels (17.3"x11.5" @300dpi)
Shooting date : 2021-01-02
a group of 190 menhirs, built between the 5th and 3rd millennia BC, these stone alignments could be a giant calendar that indicated the important periods of agriculture and formed a means of determining the weather so as to be able to feed oneself, agriculture being the main source of food in the Neolithic period.
Keywords
Area / Naturalness / Natural area
History / Archeological site / Megalith / Menhir
Science / Meteorology / Meteorological phenomenon / Sky / blue sky
Earth's crust / Rock / Magmatic rock / Igneous plutonic rock / Granite
Human Settlement / Historic monument
Organism / Morphology / Morphology (botany) / Woody plant / Tree
Europe / European Union / France / Brittany / Morbihan 56
Ambiance / Seasons / Temperate season / Winter
Science / Meteorology / Meteorological phenomenon / Sky / Cloud