Megaliths, Monuments, and Materiality [PDF]
Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2010 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.
Timothy Darvill
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Monuments and monumentality: the cosmological model of the world of megaliths [PDF]
Documenta Praehistorica, 2010 Neolithic monuments are physical and conceptual expressions of ideas about the nature of the world inhabited by early north European farmers. This contribution explores the complex symbolism encoded in megalithic architecture, and the socio-ritual ...
Magdalena S. Midgley
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Societies in balance: Monumentality and feasting activities among southern Naga communities, Northeast India. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Among various Naga communities of Northeast India, megalithic building and feasting activities played an integral role in the different and intertwined dimensions of social and political organisation until very recently.
Maria Wunderlich +4 more
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Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2019 The practice of setting up megalithic monuments among the Nagas was widespread and associated with their social, economic and ritual ties. It is also an important attribute of identity.
_ Mepusangba, Yabangri Changkiri
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The provenance of the stones in the Menga dolmen reveals one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The technical and intellectual capabilities of past societies are reflected in the monuments they were able to build. Tracking the provenance of the stones utilised to build prehistoric megalithic monuments, through geological studies, is of utmost ...
José Antonio Lozano Rodríguez +9 more
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Female sex bias in Iberian megalithic societies through bioarchaeology, aDNA and proteomics [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUncertainties regarding traditional osteological methods in biological sex estimation can often be overcome with genomic and proteomic analyses. The combination of the three methodologies has been used for a better understanding of the gender-related ...
Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla +12 more
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The Levantine Megalithic Building Techniques: A Groundbreaking Method Applied to Menjez’s Monuments (Akkar, Lebanon) from the 4th–3rd Millennium BCE [PDF]
Journal of Archaeological Method and TheoryMeryl Defours Rivoira +2 more
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Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Federico Sánchez-Quinto +2 more
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Veille sanitaire, conservation et restauration du patrimoine mégalithique
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2021 Megalithic sites find themselves at crossroads of heritage considerations, archaeological, architectural, landscape and tourism approaches, that makes their conservation a complex matter. This means that various professionals are involved to ensure their
Olivier Agogué, Émilie Heddebaux
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