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At the beginnings of the funerary Megalithism in Iberia at Campo de Hockey necropolis [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 The excavations undertaken at the Campo de Hockey site in 2008 led to the identification of a major Neolithic necropolis in the former Island of San Fernando (Bay of Cádiz).
Adolfo Moreno-Marquez +2 more
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Megalithism in the Middle East [PDF]
, 2022 Seven thousand years ago, the Middle East witnessed the emergence of new funerary rites. Previous traditions of burying the dead directly in the earth, in jars, or in an ossuary, were replaced with a new practice of inhumation inside megalithic tombs.
Tara Steimer-Herbet
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Megalithism in Catalonia: A brief overview [PDF]
Catalan Historical Review, 2021 The study of megalithism in Catalonia, especially southern Catalonia (south of the Pyrenees), has changed considerably in the past four decades (1980-2020) thanks to several extraordinarily important excavations. They include the dolmen in Els Reguers de
Josep Tarrús i Galter
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The lithic assemblage from Lapa da Galinha (Alcanena, Portuguese Estremadura) and the “Cave Megalithism” phenomenon in the 4th and 3rd millennium BCE [PDF]
Journal of Lithic Studies, 2019 The present work proposes to present the analysis results of the flaked stone artefacts from Lapa da Galinha, a cave necropolis, located in the Estremadura Limestone Massif, that is a classic example of the funerary practices of the 4th and 3rd ...
Daniel van Calker
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Reconstructing prehistoric lifeways using multi-Isotope analyses of human enamel, dentine, and bone from Legaire Sur, Spain. [PDF]
PLoS ONEMegalithism has been repetitively tied to specialised herding economies in Iberia, particularly in the mountainous areas of the Basque Country. Legaire Sur, in the uplands of Álava region, is a recently excavated passage tomb (megalithic monument) that ...
Jacob I Griffith +10 more
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Female sex bias in Iberian megalithic societies through bioarchaeology, aDNA and proteomics [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUncertainties regarding traditional osteological methods in biological sex estimation can often be overcome with genomic and proteomic analyses. The combination of the three methodologies has been used for a better understanding of the gender-related ...
Marta Díaz-Zorita Bonilla +12 more
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Rethinking Megalithism as Heterotopia: Empirical Insights from Alentejo (Portugal) [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-ArkeologiaThis article reconceptualises Megalithism through the lens of Michel Foucault’s lecture “Des espaces autres” (1967). We frame these monuments as prehistoric heterotopias: tangible places that create specific social relations by juxtaposing incompatible ...
Mara Beatriz Agosto
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Berbegirada bat Gipuzkoako megalitoen baitan [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2023 Euskal Herrian zehar beti nahastu izan dira historia eta mitologia, baina herri-pentsaerak eskaintzen duen balioa ukaezina da. Identitate kulturalaren parte izanez ezinezkoa zaigu mendietan aurki ditzakegun ondare elementu askoren jatorriaren esanahia ...
Izaskun Egilegor Uranga
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Virtual Archaeology Review, 2023 The cist tombs necropolis at Castillejos de Luna, in Sierra de Gibralmora-Sierra del Hacho (Pizarra, Málaga, Spain) was known from the graphic documentation and the grave goods of two tombs. New studies have documented nine burials.
Alejandro Muñoz-Muñoz +12 more
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'Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose'?
Documenta Praehistorica, 2023 An evolutionary approach on the study of the funerary systems in Late Prehistory allows recognizing diverse contexts of social crises in the north of Iberia. The analysis of the radio-chronological data that we have compiled indicates five phases of use—
Alfonso Alday-Ruiz +2 more
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