A brief account is given of the reason for our belief in the existence of the megalithic yard. The statistical background is explained. It is shown that megalithic surveyors could attain an accuracy equal to that given by modern methods.
A. Thom
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Observational evidence for the origin of X-ray sources in globular clusters [PDF]
Low-mass X-ray binaries, recycled pulsars, cataclysmic variables and magnetically active binaries are observed as X-ray sources in globular clusters. We discuss the classification of these systems, and find that some presumed active binaries are brighter
Cees Bassa +11 more
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Imagining the Forces of Life and the Cosmos in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak [PDF]
This chapter suggests that, building on Ingold's work, we can use Kelabit ideas to encourage us to think further about the nature of individuation within a continuous flow of power and life through the cosmos.
Janowski, Monica
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SITUS PRINGGOLOYO, SEBUAH DATA PENINGGALAN MEGALITIK DI DAERAH WEDI, KLATEN, JAWA TENGAH
Pringgoloyo atau sering disebut Pringgolayan merupakan sebutan bagi sebuah tempat dan bukan merupakau nama dukuh ataupun kampung. Sebutan tersebut didasarkan pada temuan susunan batu berbentuk setengah lingkaran yang dikeramatkan oleh penduduk di ...
Gunadi Kasnowihardjo
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Geo-material provenance and technological properties investigation in Copper Age menhirs production at Allai (central-western Sardinia, Italy) [PDF]
During the 2nd millennium BC anthropomorphic menhirs belonging to a 3rd millennium BC sanctuary were reused as building material in the Arasseda Nuraghe (Sardinia, Italy).
Cannas, Carla +2 more
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MONUMEN MEGALITIK DAN TRANSPORTASI BAHANNYA: Analisis Terhadap Beberapa Faktor Yang Berpengaruh
Megalithic monuments in Nusantara are generally found on plateaus, for example on hill tops, mountain slopes, and other remote locations. A big question often raised on how the prehistoric people could move such huge and heavy boulders to build their ...
Lutfi Yondri
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Megaliths, monuments and materiality [PDF]
Stones, and especially the arrangement of large stones in relation to one another, have long been the focus of attention in megalith studies, a concern reflected in the name itself. It is, however, a blinkered view.
Darvill, Timothy
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SANGHIANG TARAJE, TINGGALAN TRADISI MEGALITIK DI GUNUNG TAMPOMAS
Ketika kekacauan melanda Pakwan Pajajaran akibat adanya gempuran pasukan Banten yang sedang mengibarkan panji-panji Islam, Prabu Siliwangi sebagai penguasa Sunda kala itu segera mendatangi salah satu vasalnya yakni Sumedang Larang.
Lucas Partanda Koestoro
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The influence of religious and cosmological beliefs on the solar architecture of the ancient world [PDF]
In the earliest civilizations of the Ancient World, sun worship developed in parallel with an understanding of the movement of the stars. That was the origin of an architecture that expressed a number of religious and cosmological beliefs.
Fumadó Alsina, Joan Lluís +2 more
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BENTUK DAN VARIASI KUBUR MEGALITIK DI PEGUNUNGAN SELATAN JAWA
Megalithic is one of cultures based on religious concept. This particular concept had entered and developed sporadically in various regions in Indonesia for long time. Eventhough they were based on a same concept, but each had been expressed differently.
Muhammad Hidayat
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