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ABSTRACT The Carnac alignments in Morbihan (France) are among the most famous Neolithic sites of the world. Paradoxically, they have benefited little from a thorough renewal of archaeological data over the past century. There are many reasons for this, but it is mainly because the site has been regarded more as a monument to visit and protect than as ...
Guillaume Bruniaux +6 more
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Exploring the Monumentality of Khasi-Jaintia Hills Megaliths
To the Khasi-Pnar community, who are considered to be the authochthons of the Khasi-Jaintia hills of Meghalaya in northeastern India, the importance of their megalithic monuments is evident in their language itself, since the word “Kyn-maw” or “memory ...
Marco Mitri
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ABSTRACT This paper presents the results of minero‐petrographic and chemical analyses of pottery and potential local raw materials from Ustica, a small volcanic island off the coast of Palermo (Sicily), inhabited during the Middle Neolithic. Typologically, the pottery shows cultural connections to the Bicromica and Serra d'Alto traditions, linking ...
G. Montana +6 more
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DOLMEN'S DECORATION PATTERNS IN SUMBA, INDONESIA
In this article, An Introduction to a Unique Culture of Sumba, HB. Mude assumed that the first settlers of Sumba came by boat from Malaka, Singapore, Riau, Java, Bali, Sima, Rote and Sabu, under the leadership of Umbu Mandoku and his wife, Rambu Humba ...
Haris Sukendar
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Close or not so close? Provenance studies of megalithic monuments from Alentejo (Portugal) [PDF]
There has been a significant amount of studies about megalithic tombs conducted in the Alentejo region. However the geological provenance of monoliths used in the construction of those tombs usually was not a priority among researchers with rare ...
Boaventura, Rui, Moita, Patricia
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Integrating Satellite Data Into Meso‐Scale Habitat Modeling for Non‐Perennial Rivers and Streams
Abstract Non‐perennial rivers and streams (NPRs) are widespread and projected to become more common, yet effective tools for their characterization and management remain limited. This study introduces a novel approach to assess aquatic habitat availability in NPRs, applied to a regulated reach of the Sangone River (Northern Italy).
G. Negro +8 more
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TINJAUAN SEMENTARA TENTANG ARCA MENHIR GUNUNG KIDUL
Berbieara tentang area menhir tidak dapat dilepaskan dari tradisi megalitik, terutama dengan kons'ep latar belakang kepereayaannya. Hal tersebut disebabkan oleh karena didalam tradisi Megalitik dikenal suatu konsep adanya kehidupan kembali sesudah mati ...
Sumijati Atmosudiro
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Multi-Period Regional Survey Data from Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India
Presented here are the data collected during regional surveys of Vidarbha, India, which were collected to reconstruct the societal and cultural changes that took place in this region during the mid-first millennium CE.
Jason Hawkes +2 more
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On the solar orientation of Ales Stenar site [PDF]
Ales Stenar is an ancient stone structure in Sweden.
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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Megalithism in the Middle East
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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