West Virginia
University in Vendée, France
Le CAIRN
(Centre Archéologique d'Initiation et de Recherche sur le Néolithique)
(Dr. V. Lastinger prepares to enter the Dolmen de la Frébouchère)
WVU-V will include the exploration of the past, the present, and the future.
One of our visits to the deepest past will include a trip to the stone age sites just a
few miles from Les Sable d'Olonne in Saint-Hilaire La Forêt. Le CAIRN will allow us
to visit authentic archeological digs as well as some of the most impressive pre-historic
monuments in the world. You have likley heard of Carnac in Brittany, France or of
Stonehenge in England. Below are a few of the "old stones" that survive in
Vendée.
If your eyes, your monitor, and your French are good, you'll find a few
interesting facts in this SIGN (38 Kb). Can you
tell when the dolmen was built? When it was restored? How much the roof
weighs?
Dr. Lastinger dares
enter and stand under a roof this old and this heavy? (14 Kb)
Note: with a little French you can remember the difference between the most common European neolithic monuments. A "dolmen" is like a table and in French: "les dolmens dorment." A "menhir" is like an obelisque, pointing to the sky: "les menhirs montent!"
Vous êtes le visiteur numéro
aux pages de Michael Lastinger.