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My Brittany Experience My Brittany Experience by Charles DuCharme, 2012 by Charles DuCharme, 2012

DuCharme-MyBrittanyExperience

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Mysterious standing stones (Dolmens and Menhirs) and stone structures around Brittany. Photos and descriptions by Charles DuCharme

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My Brittany ExperienceMy Brittany Experienceby Charles DuCharme, 2012by Charles DuCharme, 2012

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Bretton Bretton demonstration, demonstration,

Welsch Flag-Celts of Welsch Flag-Celts of FranceFrance

Bretton Traditional Bretton Traditional CostumeCostume

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Bretton Traditional Bretton Traditional CeramicsCeramics

Passage Grove- Prehistory Passage Grove- Prehistory Museum of Finistere Region, Museum of Finistere Region,

PenmarchPenmarch

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Passage Grove, Passage Grove, relocated from relocated from opposite shoreopposite shore

Passage Grove- Prehistory Passage Grove- Prehistory MuseumMuseum

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Passage Grove, Passage Grove, Prehistory MuseumPrehistory Museum

Barnenez Cairn, Plouezloch Barnenez Cairn, Plouezloch model showing 11 dolmensmodel showing 11 dolmens

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Earliest dated Earliest dated items in museum; items in museum; polished stone axe polished stone axe

headhead

Copper Hatchet HeadsCopper Hatchet Heads

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Kercado dolmen Kercado dolmen atop structureatop structure

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Kercado dolmens atop Kercado dolmens atop stone structure, back viewstone structure, back view

Stone structure, KercadoStone structure, Kercado

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Alignments de Alignments de Kerlescan, Field of Kerlescan, Field of

MenhirsMenhirs

LeGeant duManioLeGeant duManio

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Menhir, Menhir, Locmariaquer on Locmariaquer on its side, Gulfe de its side, Gulfe de

MorbihanMorbihan

Giant Menhir, Giant Menhir, Locmariaquer Locmariaquer

on its sideon its side

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Markings on walls, Markings on walls, Tumulus, Locmareiaquer, Tumulus, Locmareiaquer,

Gulfede MorbihanGulfede Morbihan

Markings, engravings Markings, engravings on all the wallson all the walls

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Hatchete on roof, Hatchete on roof, Tumulus, Locmareiaquer, Tumulus, Locmareiaquer,

Gulfede MorbihanGulfede Morbihan

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Gavrinis Gavrinis Tumulus, Tumulus,

Locmareiaquer, Locmareiaquer, Gulfede Gulfede

MorbihanMorbihanBelle Isle in Belle Isle in

distancedistance

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Dug-out boat used to Dug-out boat used to transport steles and transport steles and

standing stonesstanding stones

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Gavrinis on Goat Gavrinis on Goat IslandIsland

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Photos by Charles DuCharmePhotos by Charles DuCharmefor presentation atfor presentation at

AAPS 8AAPS 8thth Annual International Annual International Conference on Ancient Conference on Ancient

AmericaAmericaSeptember 23, 2012September 23, 2012Marquette, MichiganMarquette, Michigan

Slide show design by Judy M Slide show design by Judy M

JohnsonJohnson