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Multi‐Method Geophysical Surveys Between and Around the Kerlescan and the Manio Megalithic Alignments in Carnac (Morbihan, France)

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Monumentality of Khasi-Jaintia Hills Megaliths

open access: yesJournal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2019
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
doaj   +1 more source

The Neolithic Site of Piano dei Cardoni in the Island of Ustica (Italy): Minero‐Petrographic and Chemical Characterization of the Ceramic Finds and Clayey Raw Materials

open access: yesGeoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

DOLMEN'S DECORATION PATTERNS IN SUMBA, INDONESIA

open access: yesBerkala Arkeologi, 1987
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
doaj   +1 more source

Close or not so close? Provenance studies of megalithic monuments from Alentejo (Portugal) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
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

open access: yesWater Resources Research, Volume 62, Issue 3, March 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

TINJAUAN SEMENTARA TENTANG ARCA MENHIR GUNUNG KIDUL

open access: yesBerkala Arkeologi, 1980
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
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-Period Regional Survey Data from Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India

open access: yesJournal of Open Archaeology Data, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

On the solar orientation of Ales Stenar site [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Ales Stenar is an ancient stone structure in Sweden.
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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Megalithism in the Middle East

open access: yes, 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.
openaire   +3 more sources

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