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Epilithic Algae from Seven Megaliths in the Vicinity of Topolovgrad (Haskovo District, Southeast Bulgaria) [PDF]

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The present work focuses on seven megaliths sampled for the first time as a continuation of our studies on the biodiversity of algae on megaliths in Bulgaria.
Maya Petrova Stoyneva-Gärtner, Miroslav Ivov Androv, Blagoy Angelov Uzunov, Kristian Rosenov Ivanov, Georg Gärtner   +4 more
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Radiocarbon dates and Bayesian modeling support maritime diffusion model for megaliths in Europe [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019
Significance For thousands of years, prehistoric societies built monumental grave architecture and erected standing stones in the coastal regions of Europe (4500–2500 calibrated years BC).
Bettina Schulz Paulsson
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Algal Biodiversity of Nine Megaliths in South-East Bulgaria [PDF]

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This paper presents the first data on the biodiversity of lithophytic algae from Bulgarian megaliths obtained after the application of the direct sampling method, subsequent cultivation, and processing by light microscopy.
Maya Stoyneva-Gärtner, Miroslav Androv, Blagoy Uzunov, Kristian Ivanov, Georg Gärtner   +4 more
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A Map of European Megaliths

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2023
As part of a request from the “European Megalithic Routes” organization to its Scientific Advisory Board for a comprehensive map of European megaliths, an attempt was made to produce the corresponding map using existing publications on megalithic tombs.
Johannes Müller, Clemens Kruckenberg, Ralph Großmann, Julia Luckner   +3 more
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Origins of the sarsen megaliths at Stonehenge. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2020
Geochemical evidence suggests the large sarsen stones at Stonehenge originate from the vicinity of West Woods, Wiltshire. The sources of the stone used to construct Stonehenge around 2500 BCE have been debated for over four centuries.
Nash DJ, Ciborowski TJR, Ullyott JS, Pearson MP, Darvill T, Greaney S, Maniatis G, Whitaker KA.   +7 more
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Rituals and Practices of Megalith Building: An Archaeological and Ethnographic Study of Megaliths in Oinam Village in Manipur, Northeast India

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology
Despite some reports of the living tradition of megalith building among a few communities in Northeast India, the rituals and practices involved in such undertakings have not been studied in detail.
Oinam Premchand Singh
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East Anglian early Neolithic monument burial linked to contemporary Megaliths. [PDF]

Ann Hum Biol, 2019
In the fourth millennium BCE a cultural phenomenon of monumental burial structures spread along the Atlantic façade. Megalithic burials have been targeted for aDNA analyses, but a gap remains in East Anglia, where Neolithic structures were generally ...
Scheib CL, Hui R, D'Atanasio E, Wohns AW, Inskip SA, Rose A, Cessford C, O'Connell TC, Robb JE, Evans C, Patten R, Kivisild T.   +11 more
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The Concept of Monumentality in the Research into Neolithic Megaliths in Western France

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2019
This paper focuses on reviewing the monumentality associated with Neolithic megaliths in western France, in all its diversity. This region cannot claim to encompass the most megaliths in Europe, but it is, on the other hand, one of the rare regions ...
Luc Laporte
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A Typological Classification of Megaliths of Mizoram

Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2019
The practice of raising megalithic monuments is a tradition of the Mizos in early society. Since the purpose and significance of the megalithic tradition in society differed from tribe to tribe and from culture to culture, the Mizos used wood or stone ...
_ Malsawmliana
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Picturing Megaliths in Twentieth- Century Swedish Archaeology

Current Swedish Archaeology, 2000
ln this paper I will begin a discussion about the ways in which megaliths appear in archaeological images. My discussion of examples is not comprehensive and the selection of images far from complete, but I hope nevertheless to present some key elements
Gustav Wollentz
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