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From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 6, Page 888-895, August 2026.
ABSTRACT The Altar Stone, the 6000 kg central sandstone megalith at Stonehenge in southern England, is suggested to have originated from the Orcadian Basin in northeast Scotland, some 700 km away. However, its source location within this large basin remains unresolved and its mode of transport uncertain.
Anthony J. I. Clarke   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronology of Neolithic Sites in the Social and Cultural Space of the Trans-Urals

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей
The concept of social and cultural space of the Neolithic Trans-Urals describes a historical space, considered in terms of the existing cultural traditions of certain societies in the spatial -temporal framework of the VII–V millennia BC (cal BC).
Vadim S. Mosin
doaj   +1 more source

Flint and Tuff in Prehistoric Cumbria

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2009
Field surveys have revealed a substantial number of lithic scatters on the south-west Cumbrian coastal plain and the eastern limestone uplands of Cumbria.
P.J. Cherry
doaj   +1 more source

An Archaeometric Approach to Reveal Organic Compounds via GC‐MS Analyses of Two Discovered Incense Burners at Daba Al‐Bayah

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 4, Page 804-810, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on two terracotta incense burners discovered in the Daba Al‐Bayah necropolis in the Musandam Peninsula (Oman), associated with an Iron Age collective tomb (LCG‐2). Through gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC‐MS), the organic residues preserved within these artifacts were analyzed to investigate their use and ...
Francesco Genchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Les occupations néolithiques de Monéteau, « Sur Macherin » (Yonne) : données préliminaires

open access: yesRevue Archéologique de l’Est, 2006
The Monéteau « Sur Macherin » site excavated in 1999, includes remains dating from the Neolithic to the Roman period. The Neolithic period is particularly well represented by seven settlements dating from the Villeneuve-Saint-Germain period, by enigmatic
Anne Augereau   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cult, herding, and 'pilgrimage' in the Late Neolithic of north-west Arabia: Excavations at a mustatil east of AlUla. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2023
Kennedy M   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Health and the Experience of Childhood in Late Neolithic Viet Nam

open access: yesAsian Perspectives, 2008
The article aims to examine aspects of mortuary behavior in late Neolithic/early Bronze Age (Phung Nguyen phase) populations represented at the site of Man Bac in Viet Nam, specifically how mortuary behavior illuminates the role of children, and adult attitudes toward children.
Oxenham, Marc   +7 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 4, Page 811-817, August 2026.
ABSTRACT New radiocarbon determinations from rice grains and bamboo have been obtained from Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand. These, along with charcoal, date a late Iron Age building sequence. The results come from short‐lived species and charcoal with potential inbuilt age. We built a series of Bayesian models to obtain a reliable chronology.
C. F. W. Higham, T. F. G. Higham
wiley   +1 more source

Large-scale violence in Late Neolithic Western Europe based on expanded skeletal evidence from San Juan ante Portam Latinam. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2023
Fernández-Crespo T   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A STEP IN STONE. ONTOLOGIES OF PODOMORPHIC PETROGLYPHS IN SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIAN BRONZE AGE

open access: yesOxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 330-348, August 2026.
Summary During the Bronze Age, a particular type of podomorphic petroglyph was produced on the outcrops by the sea in southern Scandinavia. In this text, their distribution, organization and articulation are analyzed in the Mälaren region of central‐eastern Sweden.
Fredrik Fahlander
wiley   +1 more source

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