GIANT STONE BUILDINGS (I) - MEGALITHIC PREHISTORIC BUILDINGS - DIVISION, ORIGIN AND SPREAD [PDF]
Giant stone structures all over the world, with their millennia-old age, size, durability, construction method that surpasses the technical capabilities of ancient cultures, but also with a mysterious purpose, have aroused the interest of experts and the
Krešimir Šaravanja +2 more
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Ancient DNA Reveals Limited Hunter-Gatherer Ancestry in the Cerny Culture (Middle Neolithic, France) Despite Hunting-Associated Practices. [PDF]
ABSTRACT The arrival of the Neolithic way of life in Europe is associated with the migration of Anatolian farmers and their admixture with local hunter‐gatherers. In the Paris Basin (Northern France), the Middle Neolithic Cerny culture (4700–4300 bce) combines agricultural practices with funerary items linked to hunting, suggesting a particular ...
Sauvage J +10 more
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Chronological sequence of megalithic burial complexes of the Eneolithic in the Velikaya Aleksandrovka burial mound [PDF]
The emergence of the earliest burial mounds in the Eneolithic of the North Pontic steppes (3900/3800—3500/3400 BCE) was accompanied by the construction of the earliest megalithic structures — cromlechs, the circular structures of which consisted of ...
Daragan, M.N. +2 more
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Clay architecture in megalithic tombs along the Atlantic Façade: France and Iberia [PDF]
Megalith’s image along the Atlantic façade is linked to sizeable stone structures. Despite the importance of clay in creating wood and stone structures, this use remains invisible when analysing the skills of megalithic buildings.
Primitiva Bueno-Ramírez +2 more
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Re-sequencing 142 rice genomes reveals the fine-scale population structure and phylogenetic affinities of landraces of Kashmir Valley: Evidence from domestication and adaptive signatures. [PDF]
Abstract The emergence of rice (Oryza sativa) as a cultivated crop has represented a landmark in the history of agriculture in Kashmir Valley. Unlike winter cereals, such as wheat and barley, which exhibit clear West‐Asian origins, rice attained a different domestication trajectory linked to East‐Asian Neolithic cultures.
Shikari AB +11 more
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GIANT STONE BUILDINGS (III) - CYCLOPEAN AND OTHER BUILDINGS OF MORE DEVELOPED ARCHITECTURE
Megalithic architecture is related to a series of ancient stone monuments of giant dimensions, which were constructed using almost untreated individual stones or stones grouped into certain structures, but also to numerous buildings of more recent ...
Krešimir Šaravanja +2 more
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In five megalithic monuments in the Paris Basin, major structural rearrangements occurred from the Neolithic, involving displacements and removals of orthostats.
Dominique Jagu, Claude Masset
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Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society. [PDF]
Sánchez-Quinto F +17 more
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Mégalithisme à Botko (Littoral Cameroun) (VIIIè Siècle AD) : Analyses Thermiques Préliminaires et Disposition Rituelle [PDF]
The Botko site is a Cameroonian megalithic site that has been studied since 2013. Because of its location outside the known area of Cameroonian megalithism, it questions the idea that the Grasslands and the northern regions of Cameroon are the only ...
Charlie Ngo Mboua
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Les récentes recherches faites par N.S. Tchandeu et A. Mezop Temgoua-Noumissing inventorient les foyers mégalithiques au Cameroun. Dans ce pays, le mégalithisme se manifeste par la présence des pierres débout ou plantées, en alignements, amassées ...
Saïdou A, Hassimi S
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