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Investigating the Dietary, Economic, and Social Practices of a Neolithic Funnel Beaker Community in Wanna, Germany, Through Raw Material and Organic Residue Analyses of Pottery

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 6, Page 1437-1449, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This study details the analysis of an assemblage of Funnel Beaker pottery from Wanna in Northern Germany investigated using petrographic, geochemical, and organic residue analyses. The analyses revealed specialized production of pottery vessels for funerary contexts, but that domestic and funerary pottery were used intensively to process ...
I. L. Wiltshire   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Island Archaeology, Identity and Resilience in Menorca Through the Roman Epoch

open access: yesIsland 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
doaj   +1 more source

The late prehistoric standing stones of the Tihâma (Yemen): the domestication of space and the construction of human-landscape identity

open access: yesRevue 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
doaj   +1 more source

Eksplorasi Artefak Zaman Megalitikum Berdasarkan Citra Bawah Permukaan Menggunakan Metode Geolistrik Resistivitas di Dusun Kendal Desa Kamal Kec.Arjasa Kab. Jember

open access: yesJurnal Fisika Flux, 2020
Megalithic age artifacts are spreaded in the Jember region, one of them in the Kendal hamlet adjacent to the Duplang site. There are still many artifacts buried in this location that need to be explored using the geoelectric resistivity method of the ...
Arik Irawati   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identities overseas? The long barrows in Denmark and Britain

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Megaliths to Medicine Wheels: Boulder Structures in Archaeology

open access: yes, 1981
Proceedings of the 11th Annual Chacmool Archaeology ...
Wilson, Michael   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

From Highlands to Henge: Refining the Provenance and Transport Pathways of Stonehenge's Altar Stone

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 6, Page 888-895, August 2026.
ABSTRACT The Altar Stone, the 6000 kg central sandstone megalith at Stonehenge in southern England, is suggested to have originated from the Orcadian Basin in northeast Scotland, some 700 km away. However, its source location within this large basin remains unresolved and its mode of transport uncertain.
Anthony J. I. Clarke   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Hidden” Landscape of Prehistoric Burial Monuments: The Use of Remote Sensing in the Detection of Neolithic Long Barrows in Bohemia (Czech Republic)

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 475-497, April/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Neolithic long barrows are among the earliest monumental structures in Europe, yet in many parts of Central Europe their surface expression has been largely erased by long‐term agricultural activity. This study evaluates the potential of integrated remote sensing approaches for identifying and contextualizing long barrows and associated ...
Petr Krištuf   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fieldwork Notes: Visiting Megalithic Sites in Southern Banten [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Fieldwork Notes: Visiting Megalithic Sites in Southern ...
Rohman, Rohman
core   +1 more source

Causewayed enclosures and megalithic monuments as media for shaping Neolithic identities

open access: yesJournal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2010
In this paper I proffer the opinion that acceptance of the real Neolithic way of life, to become a full-time farmer, was a long and complicated process which, in Northern Europe, reached its peak during the second half of the fourth millennium.
Niels H. Andersen
doaj   +1 more source

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