Neolithic Culture in Ireland: The Erection of Megalithic Tombs

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject History - World History - Early and Ancient History, grade: 1,7, language: English, abstract: Around 6000 years ago the people in Ireland came up with the idea to build tombs for their deceased members of their tribe. What they have built changed the Irish world forever and can still be marveled today. First of all the question about the origin and the society of these people will be answered. The next chapter will explain the reasons for the erection of the tombs. Incidentally it is questioned whether the tombs were more than just graves or not. After a classification of four different types of the tombs the last chapter is followed. This is about the possibilities of erecting a tomb. Therefore the example of the passage tomb ‘Knowth’ is used. Imagine transporting stones with a weight over tons in a rough area over a distance of several kilometers without the technology of today. At the end of the present essay it should be clear, that the tombs are just more than stones. They are a precious heritage and make us speechless.