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The Place of Megalithic Tomb Cemeteries in Ireland
Antiquity, 1990The megalithic chamber tombs that are the most striking monuments of the Irish Neolithic have long been divided by the shape of their plans. With the shapes there goes a characteristic pattern of distribution and of spacing in the landscape, and from this arise some puzzling questions of sequence as to how ‘cemeteries’ grew up. A fresh view is taken of
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Monuments From the Inside: The Case of the Irish Megalithic Tombs
World Archaeology, 1990Abstract Studies of prehistoric monuments often consider them from a detached viewpoint, as if they were being looked at from the air. But they also played a part in controlling human perceptions and in determining the pattern of movement in and around them. The argument is illustrated by the sequence of megalithic tombs in Ireland.
Julian Thomas
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Social Structure in a Megalithic Tomb Society in Korea
2008This chapter is a reconstruction of the social structure of a megalithic tomb society in Korea's South Kyŏngsang province. It examines the archaeological record to track the socio-political level and attempt to determine whether tombs were associated with a complex social organization, chiefdom, or egalitarianism. The author's examination, concentrates
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A Megalithic Tomb at Nicholaston, Gower, Glamorgan
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The Megalithic Tombs of Northern Europe
Antiquity, 1938During the 19th century conclusions of great value concerning the origin and diffusion of the megalithic tombs of Europe were arrived at by the study of a few tombs in various regions : Montelius’s Orienten och Europa marks the culmination of research on these lines.
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