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Cast from the Past? Microbial Diversity of a Neolithic Stone Circle. [PDF]
MicroorganismsWe studied the microbial diversity colonizing limestone rock pools at a Neolithic Monument (Arbor Low, Derbyshire, England). Five pools were analyzed: four located at the megaliths of the stone circle and one pool placed at the megalith at the Gib Hill ...
Martín-Cereceda M +6 more
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The megalith-erecting societies of the Upper Rhône Valley (Switzerland, 3100-1600 BC) in the light of ceramic analyses: A raw material perspective based on Final Neolithic, Bell Beaker period, and Early Bronze Age pottery [PDF]
, 2022 The present PhD thesis contributes to the understanding of the 3rd-2nd millennium BC megalith-erecting societies of the Upper Rhône Valley (Switzerland) by providing an in-depth analysis of ceramic findings.
Carloni, Délia
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Review of Pocket Guide Megaliths [app]
Internet Archaeology, 2017 The Pocket Guide Megaliths app was developed by Senet Mobile UK in collaboration with The Megalithic Portal website. The app was released in 2016 and is currently available for iOS devices, such as iPhone and iPads.
Barney Harris
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Du numérique au digital. Documenter et valoriser les sépultures monumentales néolithiques
In Situ, 2019 During the Neolithic era, the West of France was characterised by the development of monumental funerary structures and the erection of vast ensembles of steles.
Serge Cassen, Valentin Grimaud
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A Study of Living Megalithic Tradition Among the Gond Tribes, District – Nuaparha, Odisha
Ancient Asia, 2015 The present paper deals with the existence and continuation of living megalith tradition among the Gond tribe in Nuaparha district of Odisha. The mortuary practice of different tribal community have given many ethnographical data, which is used as a ...
S Mendaly
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From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone
Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.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
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study details the analysis of an assemblage of Funnel Beaker pottery from Wanna in Northern Germany investigated using petrographic, geochemical, and organic residue analyses. The analyses revealed specialized production of pottery vessels for funerary contexts, but that domestic and funerary pottery were used intensively to process ...
I. L. Wiltshire +4 more
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Archaeological Prospection, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 475-497, April/June 2026.ABSTRACT Neolithic long barrows are among the earliest monumental structures in Europe, yet in many parts of Central Europe their surface expression has been largely erased by long‐term agricultural activity. This study evaluates the potential of integrated remote sensing approaches for identifying and contextualizing long barrows and associated ...
Petr Krištuf +5 more
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Bhiwkund, Maharashtra, India. Main cave, veranda roof [PDF]
, 2018 Bhiwkund, Maharashtra, India. Main cave, veranda roof, made of re-used megalith from an iron-age stone circle, with brahmī inscription, as documented in 2/2015.
WILLIS, Michel (5044730)
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Megalithism in the Middle East
, 2022 Seven thousand years ago, the Middle East witnessed the emergence of new funerary rites. Previous traditions of burying the dead directly in the earth, in jars, or in an ossuary, were replaced with a new practice of inhumation inside megalithic tombs.
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