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Peigín Doyle, Pathway To The Cosmos: The alignment of megalithic tombs in Ireland and Atlantic Europe

open access: yesJournal of Skyscape Archaeology, 2022
Peigín Doyle, Pathway To The Cosmos: The alignment of megalithic tombs in Ireland and Atlantic Europe Dublin: Wordwell Ltd., in association with National Monuments Service, 2020. Paperback, fully illustrated, 143 pp. ISBN 9781916291256. €10.00.
C. Kennett
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Chris Scarre and Luiz Oosterbeek, Megalithic Tombs in Western Iberia: Excavations at the Anta da Lajinha

open access: yesJournal of Skyscape Archaeology, 2021
Chris Scarre and Luiz Oosterbeek, Megalithic Tombs in Western Iberia: Excavations at the Anta da Lajinha Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, 2020. Hardback, 242 pp. ISBN 978-1-78570-980-7. £45.00.
Fabio Silva
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Megalithic biographies. From partial closures to total closures and from single sealing to double sealing

open access: yesBulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 2022
In five megalithic monuments in the Paris Basin, major structural rearrangements occurred from the Neolithic, involving displacements and removals of orthostats.
Dominique Jagu, Claude Masset
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnoarchaeology of funeral practices: Aspects of the management of current dolmens and collective tombs in the tribal societies of Sumba Island (Indonesia)

open access: yesJournal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2021
This paper presents the first results of an ethnoarchaeological project on the Indonesian island of Sumba, focusing on the study of the practice of collective burials.
Christian Jeunesse   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

3D MODELLING IN THE REGISTRATION AND RESTORATION OF A MEGALITHIC TOMB [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017
Abstract. This article aims at showing some potential applications of geomatics to works in which both excavation and restoration are carried out simultaneously, so that the three-dimensional layout of the monument undergoes continuous and important changes throughout the intervention.
Á. Rodríguez Miranda   +4 more
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The Chronology of Danish Dolmens. Results from 14C Dates on Human Bones

open access: yesJournal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2023
The thousands of dolmens and long barrows spread across the Danish landscape are the earliest long-lasting expressions of architectural monumentality in Scandinavia.
Karl-Göran Sjögren, Anders Fischer
doaj   +1 more source

Insights on the changing dynamics of cemetery use in the neolithic and chalcolithic of southern Portugal. Radiocarbon dating of Lugar do Canto Cave (Santarém) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Lugar do Canto Cave is one of the most relevant Neolithic burial caves in Portugal given not only its extraordinary preservation conditions at the time of discovery but also the quality of the field record obtained during excavation. Its material culture
Carvalho, António, Luis Cardoso, Joao
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Who Was Buried at the Petit-Chasseur Site? The Contribution of Archaeometric Analyses of Final Neolithic and Bell Beaker Domestic Pottery to the Understanding of the Megalith-Erecting Society of the Upper Rhône Valley (Switzerland, 3300–2200 BC)

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2022
The Petit-Chasseur megalithic necropolis is a key archaeological context for analyzing the social and ideological changes at the end of the Neolithic in the Alpine region of Central Europe. The link between the funerary monuments and settlement sites was
Carloni Delia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Guías móviles en Realidad Virtual para la interpretación del patrimonio. Un caso práctico: Ruta del Megalitismo de Gorafe

open access: yesVirtual Archaeology Review, 2012
Although early prehistoric findings belong to Middle Paleolithic (30,000 to 50,000 years ago), it was 6,000 years ago when Gorafe Valley was occupied by tribes characterized by collective burials in tombs made of big blocks, that is, in dolmens ...
Jon Arambarri Basáñez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

El sitio de los dólmenes de Antequera en la obra de Georg y Vera Leisner: una revisión [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The Antequera dolmens site (Malaga, Spain), included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since July 2016, has a research history of almost 200 years that goes back to the work of Rafael Mitjana y Ardison in the 1840s.
Bartelheim, Martin   +2 more
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