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Ancient DNA sheds light on the funerary practices of late Neolithic collective burial in southern France. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci
Arzelier A, De Belvalet H, Pemonge MH, Garberi P, Binder D, Duday H, Deguilloux MF, Pruvost M.   +7 more
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Evaluating the potential of in-depth chrono-cultural and functional analysis of pottery in European cave archaeology: a case study from the prehistoric Grotte Di Sant'angelo Cave Complex (Cassano allo Ionio - Calabria, Italy). [PDF]

Archaeol Anthropol Sci
Carloni D, Larocca F, Attema PAJ, De Luca G, Breglia F, Pacciarelli M, De Benedetto GE.   +6 more
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100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in Neolithic Denmark. [PDF]

Nature
Allentoft ME, Sikora M, Fischer A, Sjögren KG, Ingason A, Macleod R, Rosengren A, Schulz Paulsson B, Jørkov MLS, Novosolov M, Stenderup J, Price TD, Fischer Mortensen M, Nielsen AB, Ulfeldt Hede M, Sørensen L, Nielsen PO, Rasmussen P, Jensen TZT, Refoyo-Martínez A, Irving-Pease EK, Barrie W, Pearson A, Sousa da Mota B, Demeter F, Henriksen RA, Vimala T, McColl H, Vaughn A, Vinner L, Renaud G, Stern A, Johannsen NN, Ramsøe AD, Schork AJ, Ruter A, Gotfredsen AB, Henning Nielsen B, Brinch Petersen E, Kannegaard E, Hansen J, Buck Pedersen K, Pedersen L, Klassen L, Meldgaard M, Johansen M, Uldum OC, Lotz P, Lysdahl P, Bangsgaard P, Petersen PV, Maring R, Iversen R, Wåhlin S, Anker Sørensen S, Andersen SH, Jørgensen T, Lynnerup N, Lawson DJ, Rasmussen S, Korneliussen TS, Kjær KH, Durbin R, Nielsen R, Delaneau O, Werge T, Kristiansen K, Willerslev E.   +67 more
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Histotaphonomic analysis of bone bioerosion reveals a regional framework of diverse deathways in the Neolithic of Southeast Italy. [PDF]

PLoS One
Thompson JE, Panella S, Booth TJ, Soncin S, Rajkovaca T, Belcastro MG, Isetti E, Mariotti V, Muntoni IM, Radina F, Sivilli S, Traverso A, Tafuri MA, Robb JE.   +13 more
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'Beings like themselves'? Anthropomorphic representations in the megalithic tombs of France.

, 2008
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Darkness and Light in the Design of Megalithic Tombs

Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 1989
Summary. Megalithic tombs exhibit a wide variety of chamber plans. This paper suggests that one feature which influenced their design was a wish to create areas of light or darkness within the monument. The argument is illustrated by the changing layout of passage graves in southern Brittany.
Richard Bradley
exaly   +2 more sources

The Place of Megalithic Tomb Cemeteries in Ireland

Antiquity, 1990
The 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, 1990
Abstract 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

2008
This 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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