History of Jersey - Jersey Dolmens, Royal Commission on the Constitution, Jersey Railway, Battle of Jersey, Philip de Carteret, 8th of St (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Jersey Dolmens, Royal Commission on the Constitution, Jersey Railway, Battle of Jersey, Philip De Carteret, 8th of St Ouen, Cabot family, La Hougue Bie, List of Viscounts of Jersey, St Brelade's Church, Fisherman's Chapel, Jersey Eastern Railway, Hohlgangsanlage 8, Jersey livre, La Cotte de St Brelade, St Aubin on the Hill, 1938 Jersey Airport disaster, Jean Poingdestre, Francis Peirson, Jersey Mummy, Minquiers and Ecrehos Case, Grouville Church, St Peter la Rocque. Excerpt: The dolmens of Jersey are neolithic sites, including dolmens, in Jersey. They range over a wide period, from around 4800 BC to 2250 BC, these dates covering the periods roughly designated as Neolithic, or "new stone age," to Chalcolithic, or "copper age." Before that, La Cotte de St Brelade has evidence of habitation both by our near cousins, the Neanderthals, and early man. These come from the Paleolithic or "old stone age," and belong to the period of the hunter-gatherer, where the tribe would forage in pursuit of food; in the case of La Cotte, as we know from remains, woolly mammoth was part of the diet. By the time the dolmens came to be built, people were settled in Jersey, although it was still at that time connected by a land bridge to the continent of Europe (until around 6800 BC). The new stone age differs from the old in that stone tools were still used - axes, daggers etc - but the community was now settled and farmed the land; they did not hunt and follow prey. Of their habitations, no trace remains; it is likely from the evidence found elsewhere that they had fairly basic wooden huts, sealed with mud and clay, which have been lost. Only the dolmens and menhirs remain. The Neolithic sites such as dolmens, passage graves and the like used to be considered to be primarily tombs of chieftains. Possibly drawing from the...