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The Aquitaine gallery graves are located at the heart of one of the oldest centres of European megalithism, yet until recently, they were still little known and poorly dated.
Vincent Ard +16 more
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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 +1 more
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Kuwae, Epi and Tongoa Islands: Transformations of a volcanic landscape in central Vanuatu
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 +7 more
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The Aquitaine gallery graves are located at the heart of one of the oldest centres of European megalithism, yet until recently, they were still little known and poorly dated.
Vincent Ard +15 more
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Nanaga Site of Wasavulu (Labasa, Fiji): Mapping of a Traditional Religious Site of Vanua Levu
ABSTRACT Pre‐Christian religious sites of the Fijian Archipelago have been seldom studied and even less often mapped by archaeologists. This is especially the case for the enigmatic Nanaga enclosures, whose functioning has remained poorly documented by the first ethnographers of the 19th century.
Christophe Sand +5 more
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Abstract In the last twenty‐five years scientific research on embodied cognition and related discussions in the philosophy of technology and science have led to two groundbreaking insights: 1. Perceptions, memories, meanings, and volitions are neither located in the brain nor reducible to intentional acts of ‘autonomous subjects’. 2. Human intelligence
Johannes Hoff
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Scattering Evidence for an Ancient Subducted Slab Using the Unique Raypath P*PKP
Abstract We observe high‐frequency scatterers consistent with the interpretation of a tabular high‐velocity structure under the Indian Ocean as an ancient subducted slab. We use a previously rarely used raypath, P waves scattered in the slab into PKP waves (P∗ ${\mathrm{P}}^{\ast }$PKP), from 12 earthquakes and explosions in five locations recorded on ...
Hao Zhang, John E. Vidale, Wei Wang
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Abstract Chemical and lead isotope analyses aided by metallographic examination of copper axes found at the Late Neolithic settlement of Kietrz in southwestern Poland provide new evidence for the origin of copper and metal trade routes in the region. Our results indicate that metal used for the axes could be sourced from copper mines in modern Slovakia,
Łukasz Kowalski +8 more
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Abstract The multidisciplinary study of Gunung Padang has revealed compelling evidence of a complex and sophisticated megalithic site. Correlations between rock stratifications observed through surface exposures, trenching and core logs, combined with GPR facies, ERT layers, and seismic tomograms, demonstrate the presence of multi‐layer constructions ...
Danny Hilman Natawidjaja +11 more
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Megalithic tombs, barrows, and enclosures in fourth millennium BC Britain [PDF]
The date and distribution across Britain of megalithic monuments and related structures dating to the fourth millennium BC is briefly outlined, together with on overview of contemporary enclosures. Studies of the distribution of human body parts show that in southern Britain during the period c.3800–3300 BC long barrows and oval barrows were built and ...
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