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Megalithic Tombs and Storied Landscapes in Neolithic Ireland

open access: yesJournal 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
exaly   +4 more sources

A commentary of “the intersection of archaeology and genomics: Sparking the advances in cognitive human society”: 10 remarkable discoveries from 2020 in Nature [PDF]

open access: yesFundamental 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Reconstructing prehistoric lifeways using multi-Isotope analyses of human enamel, dentine, and bone from Legaire Sur, Spain. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Megalithism 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Dead and buried? Variation in post-mortem histories revealed through histotaphonomic characterisation of human bone from megalithic graves in Sweden. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Owl-like plaques of the Copper Age and the involvement of children [PDF]

open access: yesScientific 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Megalithic Tombs in Western and Northern Neolithic Europe Were Linked to a Kindred Society [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019
Love Dalén   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The First Collective Neolithic Megalithic Tomb in Oman

open access: yesAntiquity
A 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
exaly   +5 more sources

Explanation and chronology of Megalithic tombs in the northwest Iran; Based on the excavations of the Scythian cemetery in Khorram Abad, Meshgin Shahr [PDF]

open access: yesAnastasis: 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
doaj   +1 more source

A Map of European Megaliths

open access: yesJournal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2023
As part of a request from the “European Megalithic Routes” organization to its Scientific Advisory Board for a comprehensive map of European megaliths, an attempt was made to produce the corresponding map using existing publications on megalithic tombs.
Johannes Müller   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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