Megalithic Tombs and Storied Landscapes in Neolithic Ireland
Journal of neolithic archaelogy, 2010 This paper is concerned with the storied landscapes underlying the megalithic tradition of the Irish Neolithic. The importance of place is now well established as a significant factor in the distribution of megalithic tombs at a local level as well as ...
Muiris O´Sullivan
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A commentary of “the intersection of archaeology and genomics: Sparking the advances in cognitive human society”: 10 remarkable discoveries from 2020 in Nature [PDF]
Fundamental Research, 2022 Cassidy et al. of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, studied the social structure of farming communities, focusing on the ancient nobles buried in passage tombs (a channel-style megalithic tomb structure in Europe).
Kai Ye
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Radiocarbon dates and stable isotope data for human and animal skeletal remains from a passage grave in Kierzkowo, Poland (Late Neolithic and modern period) [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2022 This dataset is comprised of paired radiocarbon (14C) dates, and carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope ratios received for skeletal remains of 18 humans and 6 animals.
Łukasz Pospieszny, Szymon Nowaczyk
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A Community in Life and Death: The Late Neolithic Megalithic Tomb at Alto de Reinoso (Burgos, Spain). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The analysis of the human remains from the megalithic tomb at Alto de Reinoso represents the widest integrative study of a Neolithic collective burial in Spain.
Kurt W Alt +11 more
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Reconstructing prehistoric lifeways using multi-Isotope analyses of human enamel, dentine, and bone from Legaire Sur, Spain. [PDF]
PLoS ONEMegalithism has been repetitively tied to specialised herding economies in Iberia, particularly in the mountainous areas of the Basque Country. Legaire Sur, in the uplands of Álava region, is a recently excavated passage tomb (megalithic monument) that ...
Jacob I Griffith +10 more
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3D MODELLING IN THE REGISTRATION AND RESTORATION OF A MEGALITHIC TOMB [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017 This article aims at showing some potential applications of geomatics to works in which both excavation and restoration are carried out simultaneously, so that the three-dimensional layout of the monument undergoes continuous and important changes ...
Á. Rodríguez Miranda +4 more
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Female sex bias in Iberian megalithic societies through bioarchaeology, aDNA and proteomics [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUncertainties regarding traditional osteological methods in biological sex estimation can often be overcome with genomic and proteomic analyses. The combination of the three methodologies has been used for a better understanding of the gender-related ...
Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla +12 more
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Funerary practices of cremation at the megalithic societies of South-Eastern Iberia: The cemetery of Los Milanes. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe archaeological excavations undertaken at the Chalcolithic necropolis of Los Milanes have revealed a previously unknown variability in funerary practices in the south-eastern Iberia.
Paula Becerra Fuello +9 more
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In search of a representation of the Gavrinis megalithic tomb (Morbihan, France)
Virtual Archaeology Review, 2013 Gavrinis, on the estuary of the river Vannes (Brittany, France), is known for the extraordinary abundance of engravings preserved on the monolithic wall pillars and capstone.
Serge Cassen +4 more
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The First Collective Neolithic Megalithic Tomb in Oman
AntiquityA newly discovered grave in Wadi Nafūn, Oman, features a unique burial structure, combining monumental architecture and the collective deposition of human remains from multiple Neolithic groups. Detailed analysis of the burial community reveals new insights into Neolithic rituals and subsistence strategies during the Holocene Humid Period in southern ...
Maria Pia Maiorano +2 more
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