A Short-story about the Burial Mounds in the Territory of the Eastern Province of Baikal Asia
In the article the issue of the functional definition of the burial mounds is represented. It is discussed nowadays. The fact of the absence of the interments in more than 50 per cents of the burial mounds makes the character of the structures doubtful ...
Mamkin A. M., Belousov V. E.
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THE EARLY NEOLITHIC OF THE “COUDELARIA DE ALTER” [PDF]
Apresentam-se neste artigo os resultados dos trabalhos aqrueológicos desenvolvidos em contexto do Neolítico Antigo na área da Coudelaria de Alter ...
Oliveira, Jorge de
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Photo Interpretation and GIS as a support tool for Archaeology: The use of satelitte Images for creating interpretation keys for dolmens [PDF]
This work presents photo interpretation integration techniques of high resolution aerial photographs and satellite images. Through the use of this methodology, it is possible to identify Dolmens located in the Center Alentejo - Portugal, and recover ...
Batista, Teresa, Câmara, Ariele
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The provenance of the stones in the Menga dolmen reveals one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic. [PDF]
Rodríguez JAL +9 more
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Metric Standard of Megalithic Structures
Abstract Objective: This paper challenges the traditional archaeological interpretation of dolmens as primarily funerary structures. The author presents evidence that these megalithic objects functioned as standardized, high-protection storage units (warehouses) designed for resource preservation.Methodology: A comparative metric analysis was conducted
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Space of memory and representation : Bouça da Cova da Moura (Ardegães, Maia, Northwest of Portugal) [PDF]
Bouça da Cova da Moura is the local place-name attributed to a stretch of a plateau overlooking the Leça valley. Here, Neolithic burial mounds share their landscape setting with scatters of archaeological materials that include Bell Beaker fragments ...
Alves, Lara Bacelar +3 more
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Megalithic Structure above Arma Strapatente (Orco-Feglino, Finalese, Liguria, Italy)
The Author describes a megalthic artifact and relations with neighboring structures of archaeological andarchaeoastronomical interest. Hypotheses on functional destination of the findings are treated.
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At the beginnings of the funerary Megalithism in Iberia at Campo de Hockey necropolis. [PDF]
Vijande-Vila E +18 more
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The article suggests methods that allow creating the most complicated type of polygonal masonry found in Peru. This masonry consists of large stone blocks weighing from several hundred kilograms to several tons fitted close to each other almost without a gap between complicated curved surfaces over a large area.
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Who venerated the ancestors at the Petit-Chasseur site? Examining Early Bronze Age cultic activities around megalithic monuments through the archaeometric analyses of ceramic findings (Upper Rhône Valley, Switzerland, 2200-1600 BC). [PDF]
Carloni D +4 more
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