Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Significance A new phenomenon of constructing distinctive funerary monuments, collectively known as megalithic tombs, emerged around 4500 BCE along the Atlantic façade. The megalithic phenomenon has attracted interest and speculation since medieval times.
Federico Sánchez-Quinto +2 more
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Explanation and chronology of Megalithic tombs in the northwest Iran; Based on the excavations of the Scythian cemetery in Khorram Abad, Meshgin Shahr [PDF]
Anastasis: Research in Medieval Culture and Art, 2021 The ancient cemetery of Khorram Abad is located 7 km away from Meshgin Shahr in Ardabil province. During the excavations, relics of Iron Age I, II and III and also tombs (1500 to 550 BC) have been found.
Ali Navidgabalou +3 more
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Clay architecture in megalithic tombs along the Atlantic Façade: France and Iberia [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2023 Megalith’s image along the Atlantic façade is linked to sizeable stone structures. Despite the importance of clay in creating wood and stone structures, this use remains invisible when analysing the skills of megalithic buildings.
Primitiva Bueno-Ramírez +2 more
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New excavations at the hypogeal necropolis of Sa Figu (Ittiri-Sassari): Tomb IV [PDF]
IpoTESI di Preistoria, 2010 This paper presents the results of excavation in the 4th Tomb belonging the Bronze Age necropolis of Sa Figu, near Ittiri (Sassari-Sardinia): a rock-cut tomb of the "architectonic prospect" type, reproducing the characteristic elements of the nuragic ...
Paolo Melis
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Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2023 The excavation of the simple dolmen at Tiarp, Falbygden, dating to around 3500 BCE, has provided important information for the understanding of the megalithic and early TRB in southern Scandinavia and northern Central Europe.
Karl-Göran Sjögren +5 more
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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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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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Treasures of Time: Research of the Faculty of Archaeology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2021 Non-megalithic long barrows were the earliest type of monumental tombs that occurred in Europe. The oldest structures of this type, dating to 4800-4300 BC, are known from north- western France.
D. Żurkiewicz
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Dead and buried? Variation in post-mortem histories revealed through histotaphonomic characterisation of human bone from megalithic graves in Sweden. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 This study investigates possible variation in post-mortem histories during the Neolithic period in southwestern Sweden based on microscopic studies of human bone.
Hege Ingjerd Hollund +2 more
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Owl-like plaques of the Copper Age and the involvement of children [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 In the Copper Age, slate engraved plaques were produced massively in the southwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. Researchers have speculated about the function of these palm-sized stone objects for more than a century, although most have favored ...
Juan J. Negro +3 more
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