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Kuwae, Epi and Tongoa Islands: Transformations of a volcanic landscape in central Vanuatu
Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 42-62, April 2025.ABSTRACT This paper presents a detailed overview of archaeological research undertaken on Epi and Tongoa, in central Vanuatu. These islands were previously connected to one another and respectively formed the western and eastern portions of Kuwae, one of the largest islands in the Vanuatu archipelago, until the catastrophic Tombuk volcanic eruption ...
ROBERT HENDERSON +7 more
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The cart tracks at San Pawl tat-Targa, Naxxar [PDF]
, 1994 A notable concentration of cart tracks occurs at T'Alla u Ommu also known as Naxxar Gap at San Pawl tat-Targa, limits of Naxxar. By focusing on the ancient tracks in one specific area, this paper attempts to illustrate which characteristics can be ...
Tanti, Tony, Ventura, Frank
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Nanaga Site of Wasavulu (Labasa, Fiji): Mapping of a Traditional Religious Site of Vanua Levu
Archaeology in Oceania, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 63-70, April 2025.ABSTRACT Pre‐Christian religious sites of the Fijian Archipelago have been seldom studied and even less often mapped by archaeologists. This is especially the case for the enigmatic Nanaga enclosures, whose functioning has remained poorly documented by the first ethnographers of the 19th century.
Christophe Sand +5 more
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Nouvelles études sur la provenance géographique des blocs utilisés pour la construction de monuments mégalithiques dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme [PDF]
, 2002 International audienceIn a previous article, we described the results of our research work on the source of the boulders that were used for the construction of certain megalithic monuments in the département of Puy de Dôme, mostly in the Limagne area ...
de Goër de Herve, Alain +1 more
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Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 921-947, October 2024.Abstract In the last twenty‐five years scientific research on embodied cognition and related discussions in the philosophy of technology and science have led to two groundbreaking insights: 1. Perceptions, memories, meanings, and volitions are neither located in the brain nor reducible to intentional acts of ‘autonomous subjects’. 2. Human intelligence
Johannes Hoff
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Space of memory and representation : Bouça da Cova da Moura (Ardegães, Maia, Northwest of Portugal) [PDF]
, 2010 Bouça da Cova da Moura is the local place-name attributed to a stretch of a plateau overlooking the Leça valley. Here, Neolithic burial mounds share their landscape setting with scatters of archaeological materials that include Bell Beaker fragments ...
Alves, Lara Bacelar +3 more
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La población no adulta del asentamiento de la Edad del Cobre de Valencina de la Concepción (Sevilla): una aproximación demográfica, contextual y sociológica [PDF]
, 2018 This article draws together work from previous studies and new mortuary evidence in order to describe the non-adult population at the Copper Age settlement of Valencina de la Concepción (Sevilla).
Cintas Peña, Marta +4 more
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Scattering Evidence for an Ancient Subducted Slab Using the Unique Raypath P*PKP
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 51, Issue 18, 28 September 2024.Abstract We observe high‐frequency scatterers consistent with the interpretation of a tabular high‐velocity structure under the Indian Ocean as an ancient subducted slab. We use a previously rarely used raypath, P waves scattered in the slab into PKP waves (P∗ ${\mathrm{P}}^{\ast }$PKP), from 12 earthquakes and explosions in five locations recorded on ...
Hao Zhang, John E. Vidale, Wei Wang
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Archaeometry, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 840-859, August 2024.Abstract Chemical and lead isotope analyses aided by metallographic examination of copper axes found at the Late Neolithic settlement of Kietrz in southwestern Poland provide new evidence for the origin of copper and metal trade routes in the region. Our results indicate that metal used for the axes could be sourced from copper mines in modern Slovakia,
Łukasz Kowalski +8 more
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THE EARLY NEOLITHIC OF THE “COUDELARIA DE ALTER” [PDF]
, 2011 Apresentam-se neste artigo os resultados dos trabalhos aqrueológicos desenvolvidos em contexto do Neolítico Antigo na área da Coudelaria de Alter ...
Oliveira, Jorge de
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