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Detrital zircon–apatite fingerprinting challenges glacial transport of Stonehenge’s megaliths
Communications Earth & EnvironmentHow 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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Ancient DNA Reveals Limited Hunter-Gatherer Ancestry in the Cerny Culture (Middle Neolithic, France) Despite Hunting-Associated Practices. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT The arrival of the Neolithic way of life in Europe is associated with the migration of Anatolian farmers and their admixture with local hunter‐gatherers. In the Paris Basin (Northern France), the Middle Neolithic Cerny culture (4700–4300 bce) combines agricultural practices with funerary items linked to hunting, suggesting a particular ...
Sauvage J +10 more
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Clay architecture in megalithic tombs along the Atlantic Façade: France and Iberia [PDF]
Munibe Antropologia-Arkeologia, 2023 Megalith’s image along the Atlantic façade is linked to sizeable stone structures. Despite the importance of clay in creating wood and stone structures, this use remains invisible when analysing the skills of megalithic buildings.
Primitiva Bueno-Ramírez +2 more
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Technological comparison between three specific megalithic monuments on the Balkans and in Caucasus [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2015 A detailed This publication describes three axially symmetric megalithic type structures on the Balkan Peninsula (2) and in Caucasus (1). First, an attempt is made to give a detailed description of the objects in the extent to which is possible according
Tsonev, L.V.
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Astronomical features of Ural megalithic monuments orientation [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2014 There is a presence of archaeological monuments of the early and middle Holocene in the middle Trans-Urals, which may be associated with the act of sky survey, determined by this specific landscape.
Viktorova, V.D., Anisimov, N.P.
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Open Archaeology, 2022 The article attempts to apply visibility analyses to megalithic tombs of the Funnel Beaker Culture in the Pyrzyce Plain in north-western Poland. The analyses were carried out on 23 megalithic monuments in order to answer the questions whether the sites ...
A. Matuszewska, Marek Schiller
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Landscape Online, 2022 Archaeological landscapes are crucial to understanding the evolution, form and meaning of cultural landscape. This paper presents a complex analysis of the archaeological landscape and its temporal and spatial changes, with particular reference to the ...
Anna Żemła-Siesicka
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, 2022 Megaliths of the World brings together the latest research on megalithic monuments throughout the world. Many of these sites are well known, others less familiar, yet equally deserving of close attention.
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Spectroscopy, 2022 Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument that is considered a British cultural icon and one of the most famous landmarks in Europe. The origin of the sarsen megaliths that comprise Stonehenge have interested archaeologists for decades. What can spectroscopic
W. Wetzel
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Megalithic tradition associated with agricultural ritual
Documenta Praehistorica, 2023 The Tiwa community is one of the autochthonous communities of Northeast India. An important aspect of Tiwa culture is the erection of stone monuments during the celebration of Chongkhong Phuja. This ceremony is performed before the commencement of their
Raktim Patar, Manjil Hazarika
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