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Verification program of megalithic tombs in Western Pomerania – from 19th-century explorers of antiquity to modern non-invasive research

Materiały Zachodniopomorskie. Rocznik Naukowy Muzeum Narodowego w Szczecinie
The article presents a long-standing tradition of research on megaliths in Western Pomerania. It includes a comprehensive discussion of the main objectives, methods and results of the most recent project dedicated to the identification of megalithic ...
Agnieszka Matuszewska
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The Megalithic Tombs of Northern Europe

Antiquity, 1938
During 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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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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The Megalithic Tomb of Pedra Branca, Portugal. Preliminary Report

Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1975
The megalithic tomb of Pedra Branca lies at Montum, on the west coast of Portugal about 140 kilometers south of Lisbon by road (fig. 1). The tomb is the first in Portugal to have yielded Beaker graves overlying earlier burials; prior to its discovery, no Beaker remains had ever been noted further south than Palmela, in the estuary of the Sado river ...
O. da Veiga Ferreira, G. Zbyszewski, M. Leitao, C. T. North, H. Reynolds de Sousa   +4 more
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Vera Collum and the excavation of a ‘Roman’ megalithic tomb

Antiquity, 2000
In 1931 Vera Collum excavated the megalithic tomb at Tressé in Brittany, claiming that it had been built during the Roman period and was associated with the cult of the mother goddess. This article traces the course of her excavation and suggests a context for the reuse of Neolithic monuments in that area.
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Megalithic Chamber Tombs: Introductions to Heritage Assets

2018
This IHA provides an introduction to megalithic chamber tombs, often dating to early in the Neolithic period around 3500 BC, they are referred to here for simplicity as 'tombs' whatever their true function. Descriptions of megalithic chamber tombs and a brief chronology from 3755 BC to 1500 BC are included. Radiocarbon dating along with the presence of
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A GIS approach to the study of megalithic tombs

2019
We know over 200 Sardinian dolmens of various types. The rise of the phenomenon seems possible to ascribe during the culture of San Michele of Ozieri (Late Neolithic, 4000 – 3300 BC). However, the Sardinian dolmens had the widest possible dissemination during the Chalcolithic.
Riccardo Cicilloni, Marco Cabras
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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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The megalithic tombs of Djursland and Tustrup

2023
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Hünengräber, Hünenbetten, Tumuli Gigantium: The Identification of Megalithic Tombs in the Context of Folk Traditions and Toponymic Analysis in West Pomerania

Geoheritage
Agnieszka Matuszewska
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