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Open Archaeology, 2023 This study analyses the funerary activity of small collective tombs with a limited number of individuals in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula during the Copper Age.
Linares-Catela José Antonio +1 more
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Antiquités Africaines, 2018 The tomb-cromlech of Mezora is one of the most important but also enigmatic protohistoric monuments of ancient Morocco. It has been the object of several studies since the 19th century that have provided date and ...
Enrique Gozalbes Cravioto
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Le mégalithisme au Grassland (Cameroun occidental)
Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2009 Megalithism, which appeared in prehistoric times and has been extinct for years in various regions, is still practised in Cameroon. All over the world and in many domains, it presents on the one hand disturbing similarities, and on the other differences ...
Jean-Paul Notué
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Earthern architectures and megalithism: the Soto monument (Senegal) [PDF]
, 2022 Earthern architectures and megalithism: the Soto monument (Senegal)
ONFRAY, Marylise +25 more
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A Geographical Dataset Describing the Complexity of the Gor River Megalithic Landscape
Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 2023 This paper presents the data that have served as the basis for the study of the spatial patterns of the megaliths of the Gor River Valley (Granada, Spain) as part of a PhD dissertation presented in July 2023 at the University of Granada. This complex, of
Carolina Cabrero González +4 more
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Megalithic Cemeteries and Land Use in the Yān Oya River Basin of Sri Lanka [PDF]
, 2022 Megalithism is a cultural phenomenon associated with mortuary rituals. Societies that practise megalithism construct burials and memorials using stone slabs in memory of the dead as a form of ancestor worship.
Dissanayake, Ranjith Bandara
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The Megalithism of small dolmens: new data to an old problem. [PDF]
, 2017 The study of the megalithic phenomenon practically follows the development of Archeology as a Science, since the mid-19th century. During this time, one can recognize several stages of analysis, from the first normative readings, that consider this ...
Mataloto, Rui +2 more
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Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2017 From the perspective of a general inventory of megalithism in Cameroon, an interdisciplinary team has been studying since 2006 the origins, forms and territorial distribution of these stone structures.
Narcisse Santores Tchandeu +1 more
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Population dynamics during the Neolithic transition and the onset of megalithism in Portugal according to summed probability distribution of radiocarbon determinations [PDF]
, 2020 As field data accumulates, the study of Neolithic Portugal has been receiving increasing attention recently, from material culture and subsistence to ideology. However, little is known about population dynamics.
Pardo-Gordo, Salvador, Carvalho, AF
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Barnenez-ar-Zant et ses symboles
La Bretagne Linguistique, 1991 On the Barnenez cairn, it is possible to distinguish the characteristics of three great universal archetypes. Firstly, the cosmogony of the builders, with a symbolism based on a series of oppositions such as North/South, dark/light or hot/cold.
Pierre Gouletquer
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