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The Megalithic Builders

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2020
Between the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, António dos Santos Rocha excavated several prehistoric megalithic monuments in the region of Figueira da Foz (Portugal). Some of them revealed human bones, albeit very disturbed and fragmented, which ended up forgotten in the Municipal Museum of Santos Rocha (Figueira da Foz), as did the ...
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The megalithic station of the Rioja Alavesa: chronology, origins and utilisation cycles

open access: yesZephyrus, 2013
The dolmenic station of the Rioja Alavesa has been, since its discovery, excavation and musealization, a reference point for Basque megalithic research.
Javier FERNÁNDEZ-ERASO   +1 more
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Detrital zircon–apatite fingerprinting challenges glacial transport of Stonehenge’s megaliths

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment
How Stonehenge’s building blocks arrived on Salisbury Plain remains debated, with glacial and human transport mechanisms proposed. Here we test the possibility of Pleistocene glacial sediment input using grain-scale U–Pb fingerprinting of detrital zircon
Anthony J. I. Clarke   +1 more
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From Megaliths to Temples: Astronomy in the Lithic Record of South India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
India has a long history of monuments built in stone—from prehistoric megaliths to later religious monuments like stupas, temples etc. covering a period of nearly four millennia.
Menon, Srikumar M
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The first otologic surgery in a skull from El Pendón site (Reinoso, Northern Spain). [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2022
Díaz-Navarro S   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Megalithic Infrastructure

open access: yes
Abstract:This paper challenges the traditional ritual-focused interpretation of megalithic structures by introducing an engineering and economic perspective. Based on a comparative analysis of over 50,000 objects across six key regions—Korea, the Caucasus, North America, India, Western Europe, and North Africa—the author identifies a consistent modular
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The Earliest Baltic Amber in Western Europe [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2023
Murillo-Barroso M   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Los factores litológicos como indicadores del paisaje en el megalitismo de la penillanura salmantina (centro-oeste de España)

open access: yesZephyrus, 2009
RESUMEN: Se ha llevado a cabo un estudio litológico sobre los sepulcros de corredor de la penillanura salmantina, habiendo sido considerados 15 monumentos y alrededor de 130 ortostatos.
Socorro LÓPEZ PLAZA   +2 more
doaj  

Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019
Sánchez-Quinto F   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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