Talk:Dolmens of the North Caucasus

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Content of this article seems to have been derived from this page. --Ghirla^-трёп- 01:10, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

"Astronomical alignment" claims

I removed the following statements from mainspace, unless they are verified: --Ghirla^-трёп- 01:46, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

There is not a lot of research done on the astronomical alignment of the dolmens in Russia. The orientation of dolmens is different for each of them, but as a rule it would fit into the sunrise/sunset, summer/winter solstices, culmination of the moon and sun, northeast/south/northwest alignments. Only some dolmens are oriented north. Some of the dolmens with proven astronomical orientation:

The unique megalithic complex Psinako-1: the cairn with an underground dolmen and a long passage.

Dolmen-pyramid in Mamed canyon.

False-portal dolmen Volchji Vorota (Wolf's gate) near river Mehops.

The Current Article Has A Racist POV

It's described as unknown where they came from despite that's a no-brainer, claimed mysterious because it's not in Europe, implying only Europeans can build megaliths, despite another sentence later says there's also megaliths in Europe. It also claims they're similar to those in Europe, despite the pictures given as examples are clearly not the same as European megaliths at all from what I know, and can see... And, they didn't cite these offensive, racist claims. As a Slav, I do not remotely care for these implications that my ancestors are inferior to Europeans, and that we could only build a basic shelter out of some stones if some European taught us how first. --174.19.234.173 (talk) 21:35, 13 July 2014 (UTC)

You seem to have misunderstood the article. "While generally unknown in the rest of Europe, these megaliths are equal to the great megaliths of Europe in terms of age and quality of architecture". That's praise. And no where does it say they are mysterious. I've added a fact tag for the similarity bit, and removed your POV tag as unsubstatiated. Unknown origin simply means they do not know the culture that built them. That's not racist either, we say the same thing about archaeological sites in other parts of the world including Europe. Dougweller (talk) 08:45, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Use of Dolmens

The Dolmen could have been used as safe house during the night. The Dolmens offered excellent protection against enemies. The Dolmen probably were used as storage for objects such as arms or jewels. Many inhabitants of the Caucasus used Dolmens as safe deposit boxes for their treasured objects. The Dolmen is a very clever construction, extremely durable and practical. A single round entrance was easy to guard and to close. Even in our time, such architecture could be used in isolated areas, as a safe room for a whole family. I invite readers to formulate theories on the probable use of he Dolmen in the Stone- and Bronze age. https://www.amazon.com/author/santiagosevilla — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.11.6.159 (talk) 19:38, 16 July 2015 (UTC) Santiago sevilla (talk) 13:07, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

I believe now that the dolmens were great safes or vaults of stone to keep treasure such as golden or silver objects or pearls safe, built by Caucasian metal workers and traders living in this enormous city of the age of bronze. The sanguinary Scythians destroyed this wonderful city of dolmens at around 1000 BC. They sacked and pillaged the dolmens and exterminated or enslaved the population of this people known as the Maykop culture. That is why the dolmens are all empty. The Maykop culture people lived around the dolmens in houses made with bricks of dried mud, that have disappeared. Sincerely yours, Santiago SevillaSantiago sevilla (talk) 13:07, 28 July 2015 (UTC)