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Petrological and geochemical characterisation of the sarsen stones at Stonehenge. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Little is known of the properties of the sarsen stones (or silcretes) that comprise the main architecture of Stonehenge. The only studies of rock struck from the monument date from the 19th century, while 20th century investigations have focussed on ...
Nash DJ, Ciborowski TJR, Darvill T, Parker Pearson M, Ullyott JS, Damaschke M, Evans JA, Goderis S, Greaney S, Huggett JM, Ixer RA, Pirrie D, Power MR, Salge T, Wilkinson N.   +14 more
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1. Ways of Placing Megaliths in Space in European Neolithic

Review of Artistic Education, 2023
Monoliths of impressive dimensions, menhirs, dolmens and cromlechs are examples of the megalithic civilization which existed in the area of Afro-Eurasia, from Neolithic up to the Bronze Age included.
Olaru Ioana - Iulia
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Pauni (पौनि Bhandārā district) Maharashtra. Megalith with inscription of Bhagadatta, detail. [PDF]

, 2018
Pauni (पौनि Bhandārā district) Maharashtra. Megalith with inscription of Bhagadatta, detail.The inscription is upside down, showing that it was added to the megalith while the stone was lying flat on the ground. That the stone is prior to the inscription
Anon
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The Balkan Endemics Moehringia Jankae Griseb. Ex Janka and Moehringia Grisebachii Janka in Bulgaria [PDF]

Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2018
The aim of the study is to establish the current distribution оf Balkan endemics Moehringia jankae Griseb. ex Janka and Moehringia grisebachii Janka in Bulgaria. The routing method was used.
M. Zhelyazkova, N. Grozeva, M. Gerdzhikova, S. Terzieva   +3 more
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Deux millénaires ou deux siècles de constructions mégalithiques au Sénégal et en Gambie ? Nouvelles dates pour Wanar et révision des contextes archéologiques

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2022
The megaliths of Senegal and The Gambia comprise nearly 30,000 erected stones recorded over a surface of around 30,000 km², mainly in the northern basin of the Gambia River.
Luc Laporte, Jean-Claude Lefèvre, Matar Ndiaye, Christine Oberlin, Adrien Delvoye, Mathilde Stern, Abdoul Kader Faye, Aziz Ballouche, Jean-Paul Cros, Selim Djouad, Laurent Quesnel   +10 more
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Megalith quarries for Stonehenge’s bluestones [PDF]

, 2019
Geologists and archaeologists have long known that the bluestones of Stonehenge came from the Preseli Hills of west Wales, 230km away, but only recently have some of their exact geological sources been identified.
Casswell, Chris, Welham, Kate, Simmons, E, Schlee, Duncan, Shaw, Dave, Pollard, Joshua, Parker Pearson, M., Ixer, R, Ixer, R., Ixer, Rob, Casswell, C., Richards, C, Simmons, Ellen, Simmons, E., Pollard, J., French, C., Bevins, R, Shlee, D, Schlee, D., Bevins, R., Parker Pearson, Mike, Shaw, D, Bevans, Richard, Stanford, A, Richards, Colin, Stanford, A., Richards, C., Casswell, C, Shaw, D., Pollard, J, Stanford, Adam, Parker Pearson, MG, Welham, K   +32 more
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De l’interprétation des tombes à stèles des Konso d’Éthiopie

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2018
The Konso society of southern Ethiopia, as descrived by several researchers who have spent a long time on the field between 1965 and today, is challenged by what published a German team who stayed some time in the Konso land in 1935.
Roger Joussaume
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Davies MSS. 1.308 (4) [PDF]

, 2023
Photograph: Baalbek. The famous megalith of Baalbek.
The Griffith Institute (14836768)
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CHARACTERISTICS OF ROCKS BASED ON PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS: A STUDY IN THE ‘LAND OF A THOUSAND MEGALITHS’, INDONESIA [PDF]

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites
The megalithic traditions of Central Sulawesi represent one of Indonesia’s most important prehistoric cultural landscapes, widely recognized as “The Land of a Thousand Megaliths.” Despite their significance, scientific investigations into the ...
Aang Panji PERMANA, Jusman MANSYUR, Lukman NADJAMUDDIN, Idrus RORE, Widyastuti WIDYASTUTI, Nurgan TADEKO, Muhammad ZAKY, Ikhtiar HATTA, Anita Ahmad KASIM, Asrafil ASRAFIL, Muhammad DIN   +10 more
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Autels en pierre des « lieux de Dieu » tsu’Ssi à Bansoa (Cameroun) : entre art des environnements sacrés et dépôts picturaux rituels

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2019
Overlooked in studies of stone structures in Cameroon, the Bansoa chiefdom in the center of the Bamileke plateau has revealed one of the largest concentrations of standing stones and cairns from the Grassland. It seems to be the reflection of the ancient
Narcisse Santores Tchandeu, Willy Valdès Kengné, Willy-Yannick Fokam Noulé   +2 more
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