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Archaeological Prospection, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page O1-025, April/June 2024.Abstract The multidisciplinary study of Gunung Padang has revealed compelling evidence of a complex and sophisticated megalithic site. Correlations between rock stratifications observed through surface exposures, trenching and core logs, combined with GPR facies, ERT layers, and seismic tomograms, demonstrate the presence of multi‐layer constructions ...
Danny Hilman Natawidjaja +11 more
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The megalithic tombs in the region of Belas (Sintra, Portugal) and their aesthetic manifestations
, 2011 Within the region of Lisbon, artistic manifestations from megalithic tombs are virtually unknown, although they are frequent in other regions. The megalithic group of Belas has a particular relevance to this subject given its two types of aesthetic and ...
J. Cardoso, R. Boaventura
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MASSIVE PREHISTORIC PIT SITES IN SOUTHERN IBERIA: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND LESSONS LEARNED
Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 2-22, February 2024.Summary Archaeological sites characterized by significant concentrations of pits (‘pit sites’) were widespread in prehistoric Europe. In southern Iberia, many pit sites date back to the Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods (fourth‐third millennia BCE), and often display massive numbers of pits.
María José Armenteros‐Lojo +1 more
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In search of a representation of the Gavrinis megalithic tomb (Morbihan, France)
Virtual Archaeology Review, 2015 <p>Gavrinis, on the estuary of the river Vannes (Brittany, France), is known for the extraordinary abundance of engravings preserved on the monolithic wall pillars and capstone. Our objective is to re-qualify these representations using a new frame of reference, based on a new corpus of engraved signs, including their architectural context and ...
Cassen, Serge +4 more
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Archaeological Prospection, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 3-22, January/March 2024.Abstract Within the framework of an Armenian–German research project, taking place between 2019 and 2021 on the Artanish Peninsula at Lake Sevan (Armenia), in addition to numerous (geo‐) archaeological investigations, methods of geochemical prospection have been carried out. The ancient burial grounds of Artanish 23 and Artanish 29 have served as model
Arshavir Hovhannisyan +8 more
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Fifty shades of red: The basic colour category red in the monuments and material culture of Neolithic and Bronze Age communities in Atlantic Northwest Europe [PDF]
, 2013 ENGLISH: Traditionally, archaeologists have tended to see the ancient world in black and white or shades of grey: the colours of printed excavation reports.
Darvill, Timothy
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Monuments, society and the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition, with particular reference to Cumbria and the northern Irish Sea region [PDF]
This thesis argues that henges, stone circles and ring cairns form a 'spectrum' of monuments with origins in the earlier Neolithic. In that context it is suggested that some of the structures located beneath long cairns were originally free standing foci.
Clare, T
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The Kleczew enclave of the Kujavian long barrows. An overview [PDF]
, 2018 The article is aimed at general overview o f the long barrows o f the Funnel Beaker Culture discovered in the Kleczew vicinity, Konin district. These tombs are largely destroyed and thus presented analysis is mostly based upon archive materials ...
Gorczyca, Krzysztof
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Archaeological Prospection, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 53-69, January/March 2024.Abstract The evolving dynamics of climate change and water resource management present unique challenges for the research and conservation of archaeological heritage, particularly within reservoirs. The Dolmen of Guadalperal in Spain and its surrounding archaeological sites exemplify such a scenario.
Enrique Cerrillo‐Cuenca +5 more
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Life and death in the Bronze Age of the NW of Iberian Peninsula [PDF]
, 2008 This paper examines funerary practices and contexts in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula during the Bronze Age in order to chart the different responses to death.
Bettencourt, Ana M. S.
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