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Punjab (Pakistan), panorama of megalithic Chinji form

open access: yes, 1935
Panorama from Chinji R. H.
De Terra, Helmut, 1900-1981
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Paintings in Atlantic Megalithic Art: Barnenez [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
International audienceThe use of technique is usually considered in European megalithic art as an indicator of the level of culture sophistication attained by a particular community.
de Balbín Behrmann, Rodrigo   +9 more
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Light at the end of the tunnel: the way megalithic art was viewed and experienced

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2006
This paper explores how megalithic art may have been viewed during a period when Neolithic monuments were in use as repositories for the dead. The group of monuments discussed are primarily passage graves which were being constructed within many of the ...
George Nash
doaj   +1 more source

A Study of Living Megalithic Tradition Among the Gond Tribes, District – Nuaparha, Odisha

open access: yesAncient 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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Untangling megalithic typologies and chronologies in the Levant

open access: yes, 2022
The Levant comprises southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. These well-surveyed archaeological landscapes contain a miscellany of features that incorporate megalithic blocks in various ways.
Fraser, James
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Revisiting the Megalithic Yard

open access: yes, 2020
A long-standing question in British archaeology is whether a standard unit of linear measure was used by Neolithic architects and engineers in the construction of megalithic circles. Well-developed trade networks were established throughout the Near East
Burley, Paul D, Mooers, Howard D
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The Sumban Megalithic Feasting Complex

open access: yes, 2016
The most active and still vibrant megalithic tradition in Southeast Asia is probably found in Sumba. Given the importance of megaliths and their interpretation in prehistoric archaeology, and given the intimate association of megaliths and feasting in ...
Brian Hayden
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Megalithic art in the Levantine Rift Valley: the case of the Menjez megalithic monuments in the Akkar (Northern Lebanon)

open access: yes, 2020
The discovery of engraved art brings to light new aspects of megalithic monuments in the Levant. During the 4th millennium BC, the inhabitants of Menjez (Akkar, Nothern Lebanon), invested significant time in inhuming their dead in megalithic monuments ...
Steimer, Tara   +4 more
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FINAL REPORT THE POTENCY OF TINGGI HARI MEGALITHIC SITES AS HISTORICAL TOURISM DESTINATION [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
THE POTENCY OF TINGGI HARI MEGALITHIC SITES AS HISTORICAL TOURISM DESTINATION (Ayu Tiara, 2015, 26 pages, 4 pictures) The main purpose of this final report is to know the potency of Tinggi Hari Megalithic Sites as historical tourism destination.
Pramita, Ayu Tiara
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Further notes on the megalithic monuments of Naxos [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
The authors elaborate on three megalithic monuments—two menhirs andone dolmen— found on the island of Naxos, dated approximately c.
Moutsopoulos, N. C., Dimitrokallis, G.
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