Explanation and chronology of Megalithic tombs in the northwest Iran; Based on the excavations of the Scythian cemetery in Khorram Abad, Meshgin Shahr [PDF]
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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GIANT STONE BUILDINGS (II) - PYRAMIDS, THE MOST FAMOUS MONUMENTS IN THE WORLD [PDF]
Megalithic architecture is related to a series of ancient stone monuments of giant dimensions, which were constructed using almost untreated individual stones or stones grouped into certain structures, which was the subject of the previous paper of these
Krešimir Šaravanja +2 more
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Clay architecture in megalithic tombs along the Atlantic Façade: France and Iberia [PDF]
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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DATA FUSION OF HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS WITH MODERN 3D DATA FOR AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION – CONCEPT AND FIRST RESULTS [PDF]
Through the destruction of war, most of the documents of an archaeological excavation from 1934 – 1939 of a megalithic tomb in north-west Germany have been destroyed irretrievably. Fortunately, more than 500 historical pictures have been preserved, which
P. Kalinowski +3 more
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The article attempts to apply visibility analyses to megalithic tombs of the Funnel Beaker Culture in the Pyrzyce Plain in north-western Poland. The analyses were carried out on 23 megalithic monuments in order to answer the questions whether the sites ...
Matuszewska Agnieszka, Schiller Marek
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Chris Scarre and Luiz Oosterbeek, Megalithic tombs in Western Iberia: Excavations at the Anta da Lajinha [PDF]
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.
Parracho Silva, Fabio
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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
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Statistical Analysis of Megalithic Tomb Orientations in the Iberian Peninsula and Neighbouring Regions [PDF]
14 pages.[EN]The article discusses statistical analysis of megalithic tombs with regard to their seemingly consistent orientation in reference to locations on the horizon where the Sun and Moon rise and set. Locational correlations cited to scientists C.
A. César González Garcia +1 more
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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
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3D MODELLING IN THE REGISTRATION AND RESTORATION OF A MEGALITHIC TOMB [PDF]
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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