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Dichtezentren und lokale Gruppierungen - Eine Karte zu den Großsteingräbern Mittel- und Nordeuropas
Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2010 Until today a detailed mapping of the megalithic structures from the 4th millenium BC in northern Europe seems a desideratum. The DFG-Priority Program 1400 “Early Monumentality and Social Differentiation” is currently working on the Neolithic of the ...
Barbara Fritsch +7 more
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Rocks of Ages: Tempo and Time in Megalithic Monuments [PDF]
, 2010 Chronology remains a problematic area in prehistoric archaeology but the increasing number and precision of radiometric dates begin to suggest patterns that can be resolved down to the scale of individual lifetimes.
Chris Scarre, Scarre, Chris
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Extensive Networks of Megalithic Monuments at the North Bank of the Mouth of the Amazon River [PDF]
, 2022 Ritual practices and landscape modifications have long been central themes in the study of the late pre-colonial Amazonian occupation. The debate focused on how, on the one hand, the intensification of rituals and, on the other hand, the increase in ...
João Darcy de Moura Saldanha
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Paintings in Atlantic Megalithic Art: Barnenez [PDF]
, 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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Identities overseas? The long barrows in Denmark and Britain
Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2010 Neolithic scholars have debated the significance of similarities between British and south Scandinavian ceramic styles and burial methods since the 1930s.
Constanze Rassmann
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Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, 2008 Recent fieldwork conducted along the Tihâma coastal plain has illuminated a late prehistoric megalithic culture that extends the length of the Red Sea coast of Yemen. To date, seven sites comprising megalithic elements have been documented in the region.
Lamya Khalidi
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Before God: Reconstructing Ritual in the Desert in Proto-Historic Times
Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2021 Archaeological remains are a trove of potential data which, together with the study of ritual, enable reconstruction and evaluation of social and religious structures and complexity.
Davida Eisenberg-Degen +2 more
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International Journal of Modern Anthropology, 2022 Zalamea la Real is close to the biggest Mediterranean mines known in ancient times: Riotinto Mines (Huelva, Spain). Zalamea is within the South Iberia Pyrite Belt, which goes from Alcácer do Sal (Portugal) to Seville (Las Cruces Mines, at Gerena/Aznalcollar villages).
Arnaiz-Villena, Antonio +5 more
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Island Archaeology, Identity and Resilience in Menorca Through the Roman Epoch
Island Studies Journal, 2021 The ancient Talayotic Culture of Menorca can be best distinguished from that of Mallorca through peculiarities in its monumental architecture. This paper examines the social significance of Menorca’s megalithic structures, known as ‘taulas’.
Margaret A. Amundson
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On the Megalithic Structures of Kusaie and Ponape
Geographical Review of Japan, 1932 On the eastern coasts of both Kusaie and of Ponape are preserved the megalithic structures for which these places are noted. The megalithic structures in these two places resemble each other in various ways; the artifacts from them being very similar. The inevitable conclusion is that they are the work of people of the same culture.
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