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heliolithic

British  
/ ˌhiːlɪəʊˈlɪθɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a civilization characterized by sun worship and megaliths

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Drawings upon a rock wall, possibly made by heliolithic men.

From Time Magazine Archive

Where now was that Path of the Dead, mapped so clearly, faced with such certainty, in which the heliolithic peoples believed from Avebury to Polynesia?

From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Very long ago the first primitive Chinese civilizations arose in the great river valleys out of the primordial heliolithic culture.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Kindred Celtic peoples were pressing southward into Spain and coming into contact not only with the heliolithic Basque people who still occupied the country but with the Semitic Phœnician colonies of the sea coast.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

First for thousands of years the heliolithic culture spread over all the warm and fertile river valleys of the old world and developed a temple system and priest rulers about its sacrificial traditions.

From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)