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Geo-material provenance and technological properties investigation in Copper Age menhirs production at Allai (central-western Sardinia, Italy) [PDF]
, 2017 During the 2nd millennium BC anthropomorphic menhirs belonging to a 3rd millennium BC sanctuary were reused as building material in the Arasseda Nuraghe (Sardinia, Italy).
Cannas, Carla +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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International Journal of Modern Anthropology, 2021 When analyzed systematically, Tropical Africa megalithism appears to have emerged in contexts of friction between different lifeways, agriculturalists versus foragers, pastoralists versus hunter-gatherers-fishermen, or agriculturalists versus fishing ...
Augustin Holl
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Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2022 The megaliths of Senegal and The Gambia comprise nearly 30,000 erected stones recorded over a surface of around 30,000 km², mainly in the northern basin of the Gambia River.
Luc Laporte +10 more
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Revista Atlántica-Mediterránea de Prehistoria y Arqueología Social, 2021 On the occasion of the prospecting and digital documentation campaign developed in the megalithic necropolis of La Lentejuela during July 2021, we present a preview of the results.
Serafín Becerra Martín +7 more
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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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Opacité sémantique et discontinuité de l’information archéologique
La Bretagne Linguistique, 1990 By taking the example of the megalithic cairn of Barnenez, we can show how the reference to universal models allows us, not to cross the semantic opacity (M. Eliade) of the archaeological object, but to structure our ignorance.
Pierre Gouletquer
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Le site mégalithique de Wanar (Sénégal)
Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2009 This article presents the results of the first excavations conducted on the World Heritage megalithic site of Wanar, which are part of a new program of scientific cooperation between France and Senegal (2008-2011).
Luc Laporte +8 more
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Testigos de piedra: estelas armadas entre el Tajo internacional y el Duero, Península Ibérica [PDF]
, 2019 Pocos territorios en Europa reúnen la concentración de estelas en piedra que se documentan entre el Tajo y el Duero. La arqueología asegura amplias posibilidades extractivas, con un claro centro neurálgico en el actual distrito de Castelo Branco ...
Balbín Behrmann, Rodrigo de +3 more
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Megalithism and Tribal Ritualism: A Passage through the Kurumbas of Attappadi
NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, 2013 The study of mortuary practices of Megalithic communities and its use as the basis for reconstructing the past society is unique in archaeology as it represents the direct and purposeful culmination of conscious behavior of the followers of this cultural
Manjula Poyil
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