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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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Megalithic structures and dolmen orientation in Bulgaria [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2013 A review of the main types of megalithic and quasi-megalithic monuments in Bulgaria is presented together with maps of their localization. A large and modern data base about the orientation of 110 Thracian dolmens (XII-VII c. BC) is interpreted in detail.
Tsonev, L.V., Kolev, D.Z.
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Megalithic tradition associated with agricultural ritual
Documenta Praehistorica, 2023 The Tiwa community is one of the autochthonous communities of Northeast India. An important aspect of Tiwa culture is the erection of stone monuments during the celebration of Chongkhong Phuja. This ceremony is performed before the commencement of their
Raktim Patar, Manjil Hazarika
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Technological comparison between three specific megalithic monuments on the Balkans and in Caucasus [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2015 A detailed This publication describes three axially symmetric megalithic type structures on the Balkan Peninsula (2) and in Caucasus (1). First, an attempt is made to give a detailed description of the objects in the extent to which is possible according
Tsonev, L.V.
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Megalithic Structures of the northern Sahara (Chott el Jérid, Tunisia)
Cartagine. Studi e Ricerche, 2020 Megalithic monuments are a distinctive archaeological feature of Saharan landscape, as indicated by different systematic research projects undertaken so far.
Andrea Monaco +10 more
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Applied Sciences, 2020 Ossimo-Pat megalithic sanctuary (Valle Camonica, BS, Italy) is one of the most relevant archaeological findings of the southern alpine region, for the variety of its structures and the quality of its engraved monoliths.
Anna Galli +4 more
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Open Geosciences, 2018 All over the world and for thousands of years, megaliths have been significant cultural elements, as well as sacred sites and places of power. Nowadays megaliths act as a strong magnet for tourists, who appreciate their history, esoterica and magic. Some
Krzemińska Alicja Edyta +5 more
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Southern African Field ArchaeologyWe examined megalithic structures in the Lake Eyasi Basin of northern Tanzania to establish the provenance of the construction materials, understand the reasons for the use of particular raw material options and means of transport, as well as to ...
Albert Samwel Mjandwa +2 more
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Megalithic monuments and social structures. Comparative studies on recent and Funnel Beaker societies [PDF]
, 2019 Megalith building constitutes not only a past, but also a recent phenomenon, which is still practised today. The documentation and interpretation of recent megalith building traditions is offering potential aid in the interpretation of prehistoric monuments.
Wunderlich, Maria
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Megaliths, monuments and materiality [PDF]
, 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.
Darvill, Timothy
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