Lets end the week pondering of the dolmens of Russia Caucasus region. I featured one in particular earlier this week, but lets look at the region in general. Considering there’s around 3000 known (and most likely much more waiting to be found) its hard to cover them all.
I have pondered the purpose of these several times. They clearly relate back to the technology used to form megalithic structures we see around the world, likely involved softened stone. One in your picture shows stress cracks above/below the entry like the stone did this as it cooled back to normal. Are they permanent domiciles, hunting cabins, cages, places to meditate that harness energies emitted by the stones, or? I haven’t seen any with smoke holes, so occupying them in cold temps seems problematic (climate changed?). Are the holes sized for occupant entry but too small for large predators to get through? It would be interesting times to build / use these where technology to soften stone was available / portable but the earth was wild enough to need shelter from big predators. Or are they places to ‘keep’ specimen creatures they didn’t wish to kill but were too dangerous to let run wild?
Nice place to hide when asteroid bits are slamming into the planet?! 
There’s something incredibly engaging about The Caucasus region; step over a line and you’re inside of it, another line crossed and you’re outside again. It seems to know secrets that no other place knows. It shares those secrets with the inhabitants there and never leaves its place.
That is such a beautiful dance!! Thanks for sharing!! 
Makes one wonder, why would anybody want a single global culture and miss out on this.
