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Close or not so close? Provenance studies of megalithic monuments from Alentejo (Portugal) [PDF]
, 2012 There has been a significant amount of studies about megalithic tombs conducted in the Alentejo region. However the geological provenance of monoliths used in the construction of those tombs usually was not a priority among researchers with rare ...
Boaventura, Rui, Moita, Patricia
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Visibility studies in archaeology: a review and case study [PDF]
, 2004 This paper describes the history and current state of archaeological visibility studies. The first part is a survey of both GIS (geographic information systems) and non-GIS studies of visibility by archaeologists, which demonstrates how advances in GIS ...
Lake, MW, Woodman, PE
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The power of the past: materializing collective memory at early medieval lordly centres
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 34-69, February 2026.The repurposing of earlier sites and monuments is an enduringly popular theme in early medieval archaeology, but in England it has attracted little interest among Late Saxon and early post‐Conquest studies. From the tenth century, however, an increasingly prevalent pattern is discernible of secular lords locating their power centres in relation to ...
Duncan W. Wright +7 more
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Antiquités Africaines, 2020 Since 2017, the Tunisian-French team has been examining the northern periphery of Dougga (Thugga) and in particular the megalithic and Roman north-western funerary area on the cliff top and the sanctuary of Baal Hammon ...
Samir Aounallah +1 more
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Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 155-173, February 2026.ABSTRACT Introduction Grieving and funeral practices form an integral component of the culture of indigenous people. Although studies on specific indigenous grief support frameworks could not be found, the authors did find certain studies on the grieving and funeral practices of indigenous people.
Rehanna Felix +2 more
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Real and ideal European maritime transfers along the Atlantic coast during the Neolithic
Documenta Praehistorica, 2019 The history of research on the Neolithic of the Atlantic façade shows how speculation about prehistoric mobility, especially across the sea, is mainly based on three types of archaeological evidence: megalithic monuments, rare stones, and pottery ...
Serge Cassen +5 more
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The influence of religious and cosmological beliefs on the solar architecture of the ancient world [PDF]
, 2014 In the earliest civilizations of the Ancient World, sun worship developed in parallel with an understanding of the movement of the stars. That was the origin of an architecture that expressed a number of religious and cosmological beliefs.
Fumadó Alsina, Joan Lluís +2 more
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American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 189, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Objectives Emerging genomic evidence has identified ancestral strains of Yersinia pestis in ancient human populations, which has sparked debates about its pathogenic role in later Neolithic societies. Here, we review published evidence linking anthropological and biological data reflecting the past natural history of Y.
Hamadou Oumarou Hama +3 more
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Perkembangan Awal Islam di Pamijahan Tasikmalaya: Kajian Makam-Makam Kuno
Pubawidya: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Arkeologi, 2016 Abstrak Pamijahan adalah salah satu desa yang ada di Kecamatan Bantarkalong Kabupaten Tasikmalaya, Provinsi Jawa Barat dengan permukiman berada di pinggir aliran Sungai Cipamijahan.
Effie Latifundia
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Archaeological Prospection, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 257-273, January/March 2026.ABSTRACT Megalithic landscapes in Southeast Iberia remain unevenly and insufficiently documented, particularly in rugged areas where traditional survey methods are limited. This paper addresses this gap by applying a multiscalar approach to the megalithic necropolises of the Fardes River (Granada, Spain), with the objective of detecting, documenting ...
Carolina Cabrero González +3 more
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