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Detecting Neolithic Burial Mounds from LiDAR-Derived Elevation Data Using a Multi-Scale Approach and Machine Learning Techniques

Remote Sensing, 2018
Airborne LiDAR technology is widely used in archaeology and over the past decade has emerged as an accurate tool to describe anthropomorphic landforms.
Alexandre Guyot, Laurence Hubert-Moy, Thierry Lorho   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the Effects of Flow Regulation Combining Stream Geomorphology With Macroinvertebrate Ecology: A Case Study in the Orobic Alps (Italy)

Ecohydrology, Volume 18, Issue 5, July‐August 2025.
ABSTRACT Mountain streams exhibit hydrogeomorphological heterogeneity, which is further intensified by the presence of hydraulic infrastructure. Despite extensive research on the influence of hydrological conditions and flow regulation on ecology, there is a notable absence of holistic studies investigating stream dynamics from both geomorphologic and ...
Luca Bonacina, Riccardo Fornaroli, Valeria Mezzanotte, Giovanni Vezzoli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The megalithic past of the Bronze Age kurgans of the North Pontic Region [PDF]

, 2014
The Early Bronze Age (EBA) burial mounds (kurgans) in the western part of the North Pontic Region (NPR) display a tendency to be erected over earlier megalithic ritual constructions.
Ivanova, Svetlana, Nikitin, Alexey G
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THE ROLE OF IRON AGE STELAE IN THE CREATION OF A SYMBOLIC LANDSCAPE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 159-181, May 2025.
Summary This paper investigates a complex archaeological landscape on the Iberian peninsula’s Atlantic coast. The present‐day landscape is characterized by dense forest and abrupt topography, posing challenges for a systematic research program of landscape archaeology.
Jagoba Hidalgo‐Masa, Jesús García Sánchez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sheltering megalithic temples in Malta – evaluating the process through data collection and modelling [PDF]

, 2020
Since their excavation, a number of the sites listed as part of "The Megalithic Temples of Malta" inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list have been afflicted by material and structural problems, including collapses. Therefore, three of these sites,
Valantinavicius, Mantas, Ciantelli, Chiara, Cassar, JoAnn, Caruana, J., Micallef, Daniel   +4 more
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Kuwae, Epi and Tongoa Islands: Transformations of a volcanic landscape in central Vanuatu

Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 42-62, April 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a detailed overview of archaeological research undertaken on Epi and Tongoa, in central Vanuatu. These islands were previously connected to one another and respectively formed the western and eastern portions of Kuwae, one of the largest islands in the Vanuatu archipelago, until the catastrophic Tombuk volcanic eruption ...
ROBERT HENDERSON, STUART BEDFORD, MATTHEW SPRIGGS, SALKON YONA, IARAWAI PHILLIP, RICHARD SHING, FRÉDÉRIQUE VALENTIN, CAITLIN HARVEY   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geoarcheologicalprospection of megalithic structures using Ground Penetrating Radar (Almendralejo, Spain) [PDF]

, 2014
In 1980, in Almendralejo, Spain, it was discovered the Tomb of Huerta Montero, a megalithic funerary monument, the best preserved in the Iberian Peninsula, dating from the Chalcolithic (Copper Age, about 4650 BC).
Pérez, J., Gómez, F., Figueria, J., Blasco, F., Oliveira, Rui Jorge, Caldeira, B., Borges, J. F., Pro, C   +7 more
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On Mesolithic/Megalithic transition in Cantabria: the archaeological evidence for changes in iand use and social complexity [PDF]

, 1990
Recent work on coastal mesolithic sites in northern Spain es providing increased evidence of the stability of hunter-gatherer populations living on a year-round basis of exploitation of seasonal complementary resources, with a heavy component of ...
Diez Castillo, Agustín, González Morales, Manuel R., Serna González, María R.   +2 more
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Trapezoid Structures from the Transition of the Younger to the Late Neolithic Time Period at Nördlingen, Southern Germany: Evidence for Collective Burial Sites?

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
Death is a timeless, inevitable fact of human biology and the only explanation for the absence of burials from a distinct archaeological time period is therefore most likely caused by a low visibility due to the burial mode in combination with ...
Johann Friedrich Tolksdorf, Manfred Woidich, Joachim Wahl, Christoph Herbig   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

DOMESTIC MEGALITHIC ARCHITECTURE: AN ANALYSIS OF STATUS AND COMMUNITY AT AND AROUND THE ANCIENT MAYA SITE OF UCI, YUCATAN, MEXCIO [PDF]

, 2014
Variation in domestic architecture results from the agency households exercise in their daily lives. This study defines the domestic expression of the megalithic architectural style, based on data collected in and around the ancient Maya site of Ucí ...
Stair, Joseph S
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